The Cultural Critics: From Matthew Arnold to Raymond Williams

by Lesley Johnson

Originally published in 1979, the central focus of this study is the concept of culture as employed by English literary intellectuals over the preceding 100 years, a period characterized by a constant process of re-definition and change. The tradition of criticism in which these intellectuals wrote represented the artistic imagination as a moral force in society and a fundamental mechanism for social change. The author traces this tradition through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032645350
• ISBN13: 9781032645353
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 342 Pages