Writing in Society - Couverture souple

Williams, Raymond

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 086091772X ISBN 13 : 9780860917724

Editeur : Verso, 1985

Synopsis

Raymond Williams's work was always concerned with the relation between culture and society. This book focuses on specific texts and authors, exploring the historical and cultural sources of their particular forms of writing. In it, Williams examines dramatic form and language in Racine and Shakespeare; the politics of fiction in the English Jacobin novel; David Hume and Charles Dickens and the changing characteristics of English prose; Robert Tressell, The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists, and the role of region and class in the English novel. Also included are Williams's reflections on the rise of English studies, on their crisis as the literary traditions of Cambridge University were beset by the 'structuralist controversy', and on the wider implications of this redefinition of the critical field.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Verso
• Date d'édition: 1985
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 086091772X
• ISBN 13: 9780860917724
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 278
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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