The Centenary Edition Raymond Williams: Who Speaks for Wales? Nation, Culture, Identity
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781786837066
ISBN-10: 1786837064
Pagini: 432
Ilustrații: 1 halftone
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Ediția:Second Edition, The Centenary Edition
Editura: University of Wales Press
Colecția University of Wales Press
ISBN-10: 1786837064
Pagini: 432
Ilustrații: 1 halftone
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Ediția:Second Edition, The Centenary Edition
Editura: University of Wales Press
Colecția University of Wales Press
Notă biografică
Raymond Williams (1921–1988) was a Welsh novelist, academic, and critic. His writings on politics, culture, the mass media and literature made significant contributions to the Marxist critique of arts and culture. Daniel G. Williams is professor of English and director of the Richard Burton Centre for the Study of Wales at Swansea University. He is the author of many books including Wales Unchained: Literature, Politics and Identity in the American Century.
Cuprins
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Return of the Native ix xv
CULTURE
1. Who Speaks for Wales?
3
2. Welsh Culture 5
3. The Arts in Wales 12
4. Wales and England 16
5. Community 27
6. West of Offa’s Dyke 34
HISTORY
1. The Social Significance of 1926 39
2. Boyhood 45
3. On Gwyn A. Williams: Three Reviews 62
The Black Domain
Putting the Welsh in their Place The Shadow of the Dragon
4. Remaking Welsh History 69
5. Black Mountains 73
LITERATURE
1. Marxism, Poetry, Wales 81
2. The Welsh Industrial Novel 95
3. The Welsh Trilogy and The Volunteers 112
4. Freedom and a Lack of Confidence 143
5. Working-Class, Proletarian, Socialist: Problems in Some
Welsh Novels 147
6. All Things Betray Thee 159
7. People of the Black Mountains 165
POLITICS
1. The Importance of Community 177
2. Are We Becoming More Divided? 186
3. The Culture of Nations 191
4. Decentralism and the Politics of Place 204
5. The Practice of Possibility 212
Notes on the Texts 221
Index 239
Introduction: The Return of the Native ix xv
CULTURE
1. Who Speaks for Wales?
3
2. Welsh Culture 5
3. The Arts in Wales 12
4. Wales and England 16
5. Community 27
6. West of Offa’s Dyke 34
HISTORY
1. The Social Significance of 1926 39
2. Boyhood 45
3. On Gwyn A. Williams: Three Reviews 62
The Black Domain
Putting the Welsh in their Place The Shadow of the Dragon
4. Remaking Welsh History 69
5. Black Mountains 73
LITERATURE
1. Marxism, Poetry, Wales 81
2. The Welsh Industrial Novel 95
3. The Welsh Trilogy and The Volunteers 112
4. Freedom and a Lack of Confidence 143
5. Working-Class, Proletarian, Socialist: Problems in Some
Welsh Novels 147
6. All Things Betray Thee 159
7. People of the Black Mountains 165
POLITICS
1. The Importance of Community 177
2. Are We Becoming More Divided? 186
3. The Culture of Nations 191
4. Decentralism and the Politics of Place 204
5. The Practice of Possibility 212
Notes on the Texts 221
Index 239