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Raymond Henry Williams (31 August 1921 – 26 January 1988) 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.
Raymond Williams (1921-1988) was an author, academic, cultural theorist, literary critic, public intellectual, socialist, and a leading figure of the New Left. He was the son of working-class parents from a Welsh border village, an adult education tutor, a Cambridge professor, and, according to Terry Eagleton, was and wasn’t a Marxist.
Jun 14, 2017 · A key (if not precisely defined) term introduced by Williams is that of’structures of feeling’: the lived experience of a particular moment in society and in history. In the 1960s and early 1970s, Williams demonstrated a greater interest in the mass media.
Raymond Henry Williams (August 31, 1921 – January 26, 1988) was a Welsh academic, novelist and critic. He was an influential figure within the New Left 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.
Aug 25, 2021 · A centenary tribute to the Welsh writer and intellectual who redefined culture and challenged the literary elite. Learn about his life, work and legacy in the context of his times and ours.
- Lola Seaton
May 25, 2016 · Derek Wall reviews a book about the Welsh socialist intellectual Raymond Williams, who argued that culture is not elite but ordinary and democratic. He also discusses Williams' concept of cultural materialism and his influence on the British left.
Oct 30, 2022 · Raymond Williams (1921–1981) was a Welsh academic, critic, novelist, and left-wing political activist. The son of a railway worker in a village on the border between Wales and England, Raymond Williams received a Grammar School education in the neighboring town of Abergavenny.
