Postmodern
Raymond Williams
1921 – 1988
Welsh scholar, author, and Marxist literary critic (1921–1988)
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- British
- Marxist Criticism
- Cultural Materialism
- western-marxism
- Literary Theory
About
Raymond Henry Williams was a Welsh socialist writer, academic, novelist and critic influential within the New Left and in wider culture. His writings on politics, culture, the media and literature contributed to the Marxist critique of culture and the arts. Some 750,000 copies of his books were sold in UK editions alone, and there are many translations available. His work laid foundations for the field of cultural studies and cultural materialism.
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