Raymond Williams: From Wales to the World

A newly curated volume of academic essays on Raymond
Williams’ work.
To be published in Williams’ centenary year, as part of the
Parthian Modern Wales series.

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Raymond Williams came from Wales, and was brought up in
a working-class family. This fact of place and class has to be
considered as the start point for a thread which runs through his life
and his work.
In Raymond Williams: From Wales to the World this reality is
considered as his life and work are traced out across borders, to
people 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 and
intellectual re-engagement with Wales over several decades.
In this collection of essays edited by Stephen Woodhams, Raymond
Williams: From Wales to the World serves to further engage and
extend his ideas of class and society.