Raymond Williams : Literature, Marxism and Cultural Materialism

John Higgins

ISBN 10: 0415023440 / ISBN 13: 9780415023443

Published by Routledge, 1999

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Raymond Williams' prolific output is increasingly recognized as the most influential body of work on literary and cultural studies in the past fifty years. This book provides the most comprehensive study to date of the theoretical and historical context of Williams' thinking on literature, politics and culture. John Higgins traces Williams' intellectual trajectory from its beginnings in the literary criticism of the 1950s, across the development of a New Left cultural politics, to its culmination in the theory and practice of cultural materialism. Higgins vigorously challenges many of the received ideas concerning Williams' work. In so doing he offers a significant challenge and correction to many of the current representations of Williams' thought, and a powerful argument for renewed engagement with it.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Raymond Williams : Literature, Marxism and Cultural Materialism
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415023440
• ISBN 13: 9780415023443
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

Raymond Williams' prolific output is increasingly recognised as the most influential body of work on literary and cultural studies in the past fifty years. This book provides the most comprehensive study to date of the theoretical and historical context of Williams' thinking on literature, politics and culture.
John Higgins traces:
* Williams' intellectual development
* the related growth of a New Left cultural politics
* the origins of the theory and practice of cultural materialism.
Raymond Williams is an astonishing achievement and will challenge many received ideas about Williams' work.

About the Author

John Higgins is Senior Lecturer in English and a Convenor of the Theory of Literature Programme at the University of Cape Town. He is the founding editor of the journal Pretexts: Studies in Writing and Culture.