num_pages: 342
description: Focusing on British and American novels, Rogers takes a sociological look at the business of literature, the book industry, and the experiences of novelists and readers. Viewing the novel as a vehicle of cultural meaning, the author shows how the literary canon overlooks substantial similarities among novels in favor of restrictive codes based on social as well as literary considerations. She emphasizes the kinship between the social sciences and humanities in her analysis, by reinvigorating affection for the novel and also establishing its rich cultural significance.
language: English
title: Novels, Novelists, and Readers: Toward a Phenomenological Sociology of Literature (SUNY Series in the Sociology of Culture)
titlecomplete: Novels, Novelists, and Readers: Toward a Phenomenological Sociology of Literature (SUNY Series in the Sociology of Culture) (Suny the Sociology of Culture)
publisher: State University of New York Press