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Author Schücking, Levin Ludwig, 1878-1964.

Title The sociology of literary taste / by Levin L. Schucking ; translated by E.W. Dickes
Edition Reprinted of the edition 1966
Published London : Routledge, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 112 pages)
Series International library of sociology. Sociology of culture ; 7
International library of sociology. Sociology of culture ; 7
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; I Contemporary Taste and the Spirit of the age; The phenomenon of change in taste; Explanation from natural science in Brunetière; Apparent dominance of a contemporary taste; The connexion with the 'Spirit of the Age'; The Spirit of the Age and social groups; II The Sociological Medium of Literature in the Past; III Shifting of the Sociological Position of the Artist; IV Literature and Public; The deepening of the cleavage between public and art through Naturalism; Beginnings of the predominance of the fine arts
Cleavage in the public and set-back for the literary element in social lifeV The Start of New Trends of Taste; The formation of aesthetic cliques; The relation of the creative artist to current taste; The importance of being comprehended; Formation of groups and schools; VI Means of Selection; The importance of the selecting authorities; Use of means of propaganda; Importance of literary criticism; Influences from the fine arts; VII Public Recognition; The grounds for public recognition; The propaganda value of the new; Varied receptivity of sociological groups
The conception of the taste-propagating typeThe 'inwardly involved'; The universal validity of art; National differences; Taste-conserving forces: school and university; Organisations exerting influence: literary societies, lending libraries, and the like; The book-seller; The Book Societies; Final considerations; Index
Summary First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
Notes Originally published in 1944 by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., Ltd. Index
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Subject Literature -- History and criticism
Literature -- Philosophy.
Literature and society.
Society in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory.
Society in literature
Literature
Literature and society
Literature -- Philosophy
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Dickes, E. W. (Ernest Walter), 1876-
ISBN 9781136239014
1136239014
Other Titles Soziologie der literarischen Geschmacksbildnung. English