The recent publication in English of The Rules of Art has consolidated the work of the great French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu on literary history. In this special issue MLQ explores the development of Bourdieu's thought, its philosophical and institutional implications, and a range of applications to the history of English literature. Essays included in this collection discuss the hesitant response of the American academy to Bourdieu; Bourdieu on Derrida on Kant; "pure poetry," cultural capital, and the rejection of classicism; and the insight Bourdieu's work lends to our understanding of the position of eighteenth-century women writers. Contributors. Marilyn Butler, John Guillory, Elizabeth W. Harries, Jonathan Joesberg, Toril Moi, William Paulson, Trevor Ross
- ISBN10 0822364573
- ISBN13 9780822364573
- Publish Date 20 February 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 July 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Duke University Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 152
- Language English