Raymond Williams is widely acknowledged to be one of the most original and influential thinkers of the post--war era. He wrote extensively across a wide range of subjects: from drama and the novel to politics, popular culture and mass communications. He was also a major novelist, well--known for books such as Border Country and Second Generation.

1. This is the first volume on Raymond Williams who died in January 1988. Raymond Williams was one of the leading intellectuals of post-war Britain and has a world-wide reputation.2. The contributors to the volume are well-known and include Terry Eagleton, Francis Mulhern, Edward Said, Stuart Hall, Lisa Jardine and Bernard Sharratt.