Raymond Williams : A Critical Reader

ISBN-13: 9780745603841 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 240 str.

Terry Eagleton

Opis

Raymond Williams is widely acknowledged to be one of the most original and influential thinkers of the post-war era. He wrote extensively across a wide range of subjects: from drama and the novel to politics, popular culture and mass communications. He was also a major novelist, well-known for books such as Border Country and Second Generation.

This volume of new and original essays, edited and introduced by Terry Eagleton, provides a critical appreciation of Raymond Williams' writings by those best acquainted with his work. Among the contributions are essays on Williams's work as a literary critic, as a student of popular culture, as a novelist and as an analyst of contemporary politics and society.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

1. Raymond Williams and the ′Two Faces of Modernism′: Tony Pinkney.

2. Relating to Wales: Dai Smith.

3. Politics and Letters: Stuart Hall.

4. Towards 2000, or News From You Know Where: Francis Mulhern.

5. Raymond Williams and the Italian Left: Fernando Ferrara.

6. Hommage to Orwell: The Dream of a Common Culture, and other Minefield: Lisa Jardine and Julia Swindells.

7. In Whose Voice? The Drama of Raymond Williams: Bernard Sharratt.

8. Jane Austen and Empire: Edward W. Said.

9. Base and Superstructure in Raymond Williams: Terry Eagleton.

10. The Politics of Hope: An Interview: Raymond Williams and Terry Eagleton.

11. A Raymond Williams Bibliography: Alan O′Connor.

Note on Contributors.

Index.