Raymond Williams: From Wales to the World [Paperback]

Raymond Williams came from Wales, and was brought up ina working-class family. This fact of place and class has to beconsidered as the start point for a thread which runs through his lifeand his work.In Raymond Williams: From Wales to the World this reality isconsidered as his life and work are traced out across borders, topeople and places he could yet bring understanding and engagement.Throughout the book, Williams’ writing, whether theoretical,historical, critical or as fiction has been treated as a single whole,recognising that his ideas were interwoven as a literary andintellectual re-engagement with Wales over several decades.In this collection of essays edited by Stephen Woodhams, RaymondWilliams: From Wales to the World serves to further engage andextend his ideas of class and society.“...explores the cultural, political and intellectual implications of Williams’s own self-description as a ‘Welsh European’ .... (these) stimulating essays break valuable new ground in discussing the range of constituencies and contexts with which Williams engaged, and the particular formations out of which his writings emerged.” —Professor Daniel G. Williams, Swansea UniversityStephen Woodhams current project is Raymond Williams and the social history of Wales. They have recently completed, 'Raymond Williams Wales and Beyond'. Further interests are with the remarkable generation of which RW was a leading member and included the historians Christopher Hill, EP Thompson and Eric Hobsbawm.Academic essays about Williams' contribution globally, beyond Wales.