Country' and 'city' are very powerful words, and this is not surprising when we remember how much they seem to stand for in the experience of human communities. In English, 'country' is both a nation and a part of a 'land'; 'the country' can be the whole society or its rural area. In the long history of human settlements, this connection between the land from which directly or indirectly we all get our living and the achievements of human society has been deeply known.
Every aspect of personal life is radically affected by the quality of general life, and yet the general life is seen at its most important in complet… - Raymond Williams
Every aspect of personal life is radically affected by the quality of general life, and yet the general life is seen at its most important in complet…
- Raymond Williams
A very large part of English middle-class education is devoted to the training of servants...In so far as it is, by definition, the training of upper… - Raymond Williams
A very large part of English middle-class education is devoted to the training of servants...In so far as it is, by definition, the training of upper…
There are no masses; there are only ways of seeing people as masses - Raymond Williams
There are no masses; there are only ways of seeing people as masses
The real dividing line between things we call work and the things we call leisure is that in leisure, however active we may be, we make our own choic… - Raymond Williams
The real dividing line between things we call work and the things we call leisure is that in leisure, however active we may be, we make our own choic…
The idea of nature contains, though often unnoticed, an extraordinary amount of human history. - Raymond Williams
The idea of nature contains, though often unnoticed, an extraordinary amount of human history.
Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language. - Raymond Williams
Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language.
A contrast between country and city, as fundamental ways of life, reaches back into classical times. - Raymond Williams
A contrast between country and city, as fundamental ways of life, reaches back into classical times.
The gap between our feelings and our social observation is dangerously wide. - Raymond Williams
The gap between our feelings and our social observation is dangerously wide.
We all like to think of ourselves as a standard, and I can see that it is genuinely difficult for the English middle class to suppose that the workin… - Raymond Williams
We all like to think of ourselves as a standard, and I can see that it is genuinely difficult for the English middle class to suppose that the workin…
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