What is Raymond Williams?
{{Infobox philosopher |region = Western philosophy |era = 20th-century philosophy |image = Raymond_Williams_At_Saffron_Walden.jpg |image_size = 250px |caption = Raymond Williams at Saffron Walden |birth_name = Raymond Henry Williams |birth_date = 31 August 1921 |birth_place = [[Llanfihangel Crucorney]], [[Wales]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|01|26|1921|08|31|df=y}} |death_place = [[Saffron Walden]], [[Essex]], [[England]] |school_tradition = [[Western Marxism]] |main_interests = |notable_ideas = [[Cultural materialism (cultural studies)|Cultural materialism]] }} '''Raymond Henry Williams''' (31 August 1921 &ndash; 26 January 1988) was a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] academic, [[novelist]] and [[critic]]. He was an important person in the [[New Left]] movement 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. Some 750,000 copies of his books have sold in UK editions alone<ref>Politics and Letters: Interviews with New Left Review</ref> and there are many translations available. His work laid the foundations for the field of [[cultural studies]] and the [[Cultural materialism (cultural studies)|cultural materialist]] approach. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== * Pinkney, Tony, editor. ''Raymond Williams''. Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, England: Seren Books, 1991. * [[Politics and Letters: Interviews with New Left Review|Politics and Letters]] (London, New Left Books, 1979) gives the author's own account of his life and work * Smith, Dai. ''Raymond Williams: A Warrior's Tale''. Cardigan: Parthian, 2008. * Stevenson, Nick. ''Culture, Ideology, and Socialism: Raymond Williams and E.P. Thompson''. Aldershot, England: Avebury, 1995. *Tredell, Nicolas. ''Uncancelled Challenge: the work of Raymond Williams''. Nottingham: Paupers' Press, 1990. {{ISBN|0-946650-16-0}} * Ward, J. P. ''Raymond Williams'' in the [[Writers of Wales]] series. [[University of Wales]] Press, 1981.