TY - GEN AU - Speller,John R.W. TI - Bourdieu and Literature SN - 978-1-906924-44-7 PY - 2013/// CY - Cambridge PB - Open Book Publishers KW - Literary Theory & Criticism KW - Sociology KW - post-war era KW - literary studies KW - criticism KW - literary theory KW - sociological theory KW - intellectual itinerary KW - cultural theory KW - structuralism KW - post-culturalism KW - Dreyfus affair N1 - Ebook N2 - This is a wide-ranging, rigorous and accessible introduction to the relationship between Pierre Bourdieu's word and literary studies. it provides a comprehensive overview and critical assessment of his contributions to literary theory and his thinking about authors and literary works. One of the foremost French intellectuals of the post-war era, Bourdieu has become a standard point of reference in the fields of anthropology, linguistics, art history, cultural studies, politics and sociology, but his longstanding interest in literature has often been overlooked. This study explores the impact of literature on Bourdieu's intellectual itinerary, and how his literary understanding intersected with his sociological theory and thinking about cultural policy. Bourdieu and Literature is the first full-length study of Bourdieu's work on literature in English, and it provides an invaluable resource for students and scholars of literary studies, cultural theory and sociology UR - https://books.openedition.org/obp/460 ER -