{"product_id":"writing-in-modern-classic-society-paperback","title":"Writing in Modern Classic Society - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRaymond Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaymond Williams's work was always concerned with the relation between culture and society. This book focuses on specific texts and authors, exploring the historical and cultural sources of their particular forms of writing. In it, Williams examines dramatic form and language in Racine and Shakespeare; the politics of fiction in the English Jacobin novel; David Hume and Charles Dickens and the changing characteristics of English prose; Robert Tressell, \u003ci\u003eThe Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists\u003c\/i\u003e, and the role of region and class in the English novel. Also included are Williams's reflections on the rise of English studies, on their crisis as the literary traditions of Cambridge University were beset by the 'structuralist controversy', and on the wider implications of this redefinition of the critical field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaymond Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (1921-1988) was for many years Professor of Drama at the University of Cambridge. Among his many books are \u003ci\u003eCulture and Society\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCulture and Materialism, Politics and Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProblems in Materialism and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, and several novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42129989992583,"sku":"9780860917724","price":28.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c011896dab7ff67904a06297f4e0438e.webp?v=1732607400","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/writing-in-modern-classic-society-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}