The sociology of literature is a subfield of the sociology of culture. It studies the social production of literature and its social implications. A notable example is Pierre Bourdieu's 1992 Les Règles de L'Art: Genèse et Structure du Champ Littéraire, translated by Susan Emanuel as Rules of Art: Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field (1996).
Read more about Sociology Of Literature: Classical Sociology, Lukács and The Theory of The Novel, The Frankfurt School, The Sociology of The Avant-garde, The Sociology of The Book Trade, Genetic Structuralism, Sociocriticism, Neo-Marxian Ideology Critique, Bourdieu, The Rise of The Novel, Cultural Materialism, World-systems Theory, Recent Developments
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