The Sociology of Literature

ability able accept actual allowed already approach argued argument artist attempt audience authors become belief bourgeois century chapter character common complex concept concern consequence considerable considered course criticism culture described discussion early effect encouraged English especially established evidence example experience explain fact final forces genre given historical human idea imagination important increase individual industrial insistence intellectual interest language less limited literary literary culture living Lukács manner Marxist mass matter means mind modernist nature necessary noted novel offered once origin particular perhaps period plays political popular literature position possible problem produced Proust publishing question readers reading realised reality reason recent referent relations result School Secondly seems seen sense social society sociology story stress structure suggests tend theory traditional true understanding values writers