Politics and Letters: Interviews with New Left Review

New
Paperback
1981
$26.99

Raymond Williams has made a central contribution to the culture of the Left in the English-speaking world. Politics and Letters is a volume of interviews with Williams, conducted by members of the New Left Review editorial committee, that is designed to bring into clear focus the major theoretical and political issues posed by his work. Ranging across his biographical development, the evolution of his cultural theory and literary criticism, his work on dramatic forms and his fiction, the volume concludes with an exploration of Williams's positions on British and international politics.

Synopsis

Raymond Williams has made a central contribution to the culture of the Left in the English-speaking world. Politics and Letters is a volume of interviews with Williams, conducted by members of the New Left Review editorial committee, that is designed to bring into clear focus the major theoretical and political issues posed by his work. Ranging across his biographical development, the evolution of his cultural theory and literary criticism, his work on dramatic forms and his fiction, the volume concludes with an exploration of Williams's positions on British and international politics.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 446
Edition: New
Publisher: Verso
Published: 01 Jan 1981
ISBN 10: 0860917355
ISBN 13: 9780860917359

Media Reviews

Effectively a new kind of book ... an outstanding feat of composition ... a remarkable human achievement. -- Guardian

An absolutely riveting piece of work. -- New Society

For anybody interested in the relationship between literature and society in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries this book is essential reading. -- Financial Times

This is, quite simply, one of the most magnificent books I have read. --Philip Corrigan, Media, Culture and Society

Author Bio

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.