16%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The Warrior's Tale - Raymond Williams' Biography
Dai Smith
€ 33.99
€ 28.51
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Warrior's Tale - Raymond Williams' Biography
Hardcover. .
Using a rich array of material from Williams' hitherto unused personal papers, diaries, letters, unpublished novels and stories, notebooks, work drafts and fragments, Dai Smith takes us through the formative years on the Welsh Border as the son of a railway signalman and his wife, on to Cambridge in 1939 and War service in Normandy, to show in telling detail how the making of "Culture and Society" (1958) and the writing of his novel, "Border Country" (1960) was all of a piece in the conceptual breakthrough he strove to make in the 1950s. The meaning of Raymond Williams is revealed ... Read more
Using a rich array of material from Williams' hitherto unused personal papers, diaries, letters, unpublished novels and stories, notebooks, work drafts and fragments, Dai Smith takes us through the formative years on the Welsh Border as the son of a railway signalman and his wife, on to Cambridge in 1939 and War service in Normandy, to show in telling detail how the making of "Culture and Society" (1958) and the writing of his novel, "Border Country" (1960) was all of a piece in the conceptual breakthrough he strove to make in the 1950s. The meaning of Raymond Williams is revealed ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
450
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
531
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905762569
SKU
V9781905762569
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-42
Reviews for The Warrior's Tale - Raymond Williams' Biography