Culture and society, 1780-1950
Williams, Raymond
Culture and society, 1780-1950 - New York: Columbia University Press, 1983. - xx, 362p.; pbk; 22cm.
Includes index and references
Acknowledged as a masterpiece of materialist criticism, this book delves into the complex ways economic reality shapes the imagination. Surveying two hundred years of history and English literature – from George Eliot to George Orwell – Williams provides insights into the social and economic forces that have shaped British culture and society. Provocative and revolutionary in its day, this work overturned conventional thinking about the development of a common British mentality.
http://cup.columbia.edu/book/culture-and-society-1780-1950/9780231057011
9780231057011
Great Britain
Intellectual life
Civilization
Literature and society
Arts and society
Arts
306.4094109034 / WIL
Culture and society, 1780-1950 - New York: Columbia University Press, 1983. - xx, 362p.; pbk; 22cm.
Includes index and references
Acknowledged as a masterpiece of materialist criticism, this book delves into the complex ways economic reality shapes the imagination. Surveying two hundred years of history and English literature – from George Eliot to George Orwell – Williams provides insights into the social and economic forces that have shaped British culture and society. Provocative and revolutionary in its day, this work overturned conventional thinking about the development of a common British mentality.
http://cup.columbia.edu/book/culture-and-society-1780-1950/9780231057011
9780231057011
Great Britain
Intellectual life
Civilization
Literature and society
Arts and society
Arts
306.4094109034 / WIL