Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Raymond Williams
Born: August 31, 1921
Died: January 26, 1988 (aged 66)
Bio: Raymond Henry Williams was a Welsh academic, novelist and critic. He was an influential figure within the New Left and in wider culture.
Known for:
- Culture and Society (1958)
- The Country and the City (1973)
- The Long Revolution (1961)
- Marxism and literature (1977)
Raymond Williams Quotes