Politics and Letters: Interviews with New Left Review

Williams, Raymond

ISBN 10: 1784780154 / ISBN 13: 9781784780159

Published by Verso Books, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Politics and Letters: Interviews with New Left Review
• Publisher: Verso Books
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784780154
• ISBN 13: 9781784780159
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Raymond Williams made a central contribution to the intellectual culture of the Left in the English-speaking world. He was also one of the key figures in the foundation of cultural studies in Britain, which turned critical skills honed on textual analysis to the examination of structures and forms of resistance apparent in everyday life. Politics and Letters is a volume of interviews with Williams, conducted by New Left Review, designed to bring into clear focus the major theoretical and political issues posed by his work. Introduced by writer Geoff Dyer, Politics and Letters ranges across Williams’s biographical development, the evolution of his cultural theory and literary criticism, his work on dramatic forms and his fiction, and an exploration of British and international politics.

About the Author

Raymond Williams (1921–1988) was for many years Professor of Drama at the University of Cambridge. Among his many books are Culture and Society, Culture and Materialism, Politics and Letters, Problems in Materialism and Culture, and several novels.

Geoff Dyer is the author of several novels and works of nonfiction, including Another Great Day at Sea, The Ongoing Moment, Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, and The Missing of the Somme.