Raymond Williams

Raymond Henry Williams (31 August 1921 – 26 January 1988) was a Welsh academic, novelist and critic.

He was an important person in the New Left movement and in wider culture. His writings on politics, culture, the mass media and literature are a significant contribution to the Marxist critique of culture and the arts.

Some 750,000 copies of his books have sold in UK editions alonePolitics and Letters: Interviews with New Left Review and there are many translations available. His work laid the foundations for the field of cultural studies and the cultural materialist approach.

References

Further reading
 Pinkney, Tony, editor. Raymond Williams. Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, England: Seren Books, 1991.
 Politics and Letters (London, New Left Books, 1979) gives the author's own account of his life and work
 Smith, Dai. Raymond Williams: A Warrior's Tale. Cardigan: Parthian, 2008.
 Stevenson, Nick. Culture, Ideology, and Socialism: Raymond Williams and E.P. Thompson. Aldershot, England: Avebury, 1995.
Tredell, Nicolas. Uncancelled Challenge: the work of Raymond Williams. Nottingham: Paupers' Press, 1990. 
 Ward, J. P.  Raymond Williams in the Writers of Wales series.  University of Wales Press, 1981.
 Williams, Daniel, editor. Who Speaks for Wales?: Nation, Culture, Identity, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2003.

Other websites
The Raymond Williams Society
Museum of Broadcast Communications article about Raymond Williams 
Maurice Cowling on Raymond Williams
Selections from Keywords 
Raymond Williams Centre for Recovery Research
Raymond Williams page at The Literary Encyclopedia
Raymond Williams Worldcat Identity 

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Category:British military personnel of World War II
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