The sociology of literature / Gisèle Sapiro ; translated by Madeline Bedecarre and Ben Libman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sapiro, Gisèle, author.

Contributor:

Bedecarré, Madeline, translator.

Libman, Ben, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"The Sociology of Literature is a pithy primer to the history, affordances, and potential futures of this growing field of study, which finds its origins in the French Enlightenment, and its most salient expression as a sociological pursuit in the work of Pierre Bourdieu. Addressing the epistemological premises of the field at present, the book also refutes the common criticism that the sociology of literature does not take the text to be the central object of study. From this rebuttal, Gisèle Sapiro, the field's leading theorist, is able to demonstrate convincingly one of the greatest affordances of the discipline: its in-built methods for accounting for the roles and behaviors of agents and institutions (publishing houses, prize committees, etc.) in the circulation and reception of texts. While Sapiro emphasizes the rich interdisciplinary nature of the approach on display, articulating the way in which it draws on literary history, sociology, postcolonial studies, book history, gender studies, and media studies, among others, the book also stands as a defense of the sociology of literature as a discipline in its own right"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Translators' Note

Preface

Introduction

1. Sociological Theories and Approaches to Literature

2. The Social Conditions for the Production of Literary Works

3. The Sociology of Literary Works

4. The Sociology of Reception

Conclusion

Notes

References

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Sapiro, Gisèle The Sociology of Literature

ISBN:

9781503637603

1503637603

OCLC:

1395182221