Politics and Letters: Interviews with New Left Review
Author(s): Raymond Williams
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. Introduced by novelist Geoff Dyer, Politics and Letters ranges across his 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.
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"Effectively a new kind of book ... an outstanding feat of composition ... a remarkable human achievement." --"Guardian" "For anybody interested in the relationship between literature and society in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries this book is essential reading." --"Financial Times" "An absolutely riveting piece of work." --"New Society" "This is, quite simply, one of the most magnificent books I have read." --Philip Corrigan, "Media, Culture and Society" "Raymond Williams has made a more persistent attempt to grasp the nature of this relation [between politics and letters] than any living British writer." --"London Review of Books"
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; 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.
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- : Verso Books
- : Verso Books
- : 0.368
- : 02 March 2015
- : 210mm X 140mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Raymond Williams
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : en
- : 306
- : 464