Die Konstituierung des literarischen Feldes in Deutschland nach 1871

This German-language study looks at the early history of literary sociology and of writing literary history in Germany after 1871. Its central claim is that asking sociological questions about literature presupposes divergent and competing literary positions, and therefore the formation of a literary field.

The author first reconstructs Pierre Bourdieu's theory of the literary field in detail. The study then compares French and German conditions.

Published by de Gruyter, with ISBN-13 9783484351011. Written by Christine Magerski.