Raymond Williams

Raymond Williams (1921 - 1988) was a highly influential Welsh academic, novelist and critic. He attended Trinity College, Cambridge and then taught for many years in adult education before becoming Professor of Drama at the University of Cambridge (1974 - 1983). A committed socialist, he was greatly interested in the relationships between language, literature, and society and published many books, essays and articles on these and other issues. His books include:

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1921 - 1988 - Welsh - Novelist - Critic - Trinity College, Cambridge - University of Cambridge - 1974 - 1983 - Socialist - Language - Literature - Society

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• Reading and Criticism (1950)
• Drama from Ibsen to Eliot (1952)
• Culture and Society 1780-1950 (1958)
• The Long Revolution (1961)
• ' (1974)
• ' (1976)
• People of the Black Mountains, a semi-fictional history
• Marxism and Literature (1977)
• ' (1981)
• '
• A trilogy of novels, Border Country (1960), Second Generation (1964), and The Fight for Manod (1979)
• Studies in social history, politics, cultural studies and communications.