Literature in the Dawn of Sociological Theory - Stories That Are Telling

Building on aesthetic, sociological, and literary theories, the author focuses on a selection of novelists from the early 1800s to the early 1900s and their contribution to the sociological imagination. Throughout the text, the book considers these "stories that are telling" in light of social issues today.

List of contents

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: Introduction-Literature in the Dawn of Sociological Theory
Chapter Two: New England Shadows: Hawthorne, Faust, and the American Spiritual Character
Chapter Three: Moby-Dick as Modern Epic: "Symphony" in a Broken Ontology
Chapter Four: Literary Metanoia and the Sociological Imagination in Joseph Conrad: Colonialism and Western Idealism
Chapter Five: Women and Men: the Tragicomic
Chapter Six: Suspending Modernity: Gender and History in Virginia Woolf's Orlando
Chapter Seven: The Absurd Christian and the Sociological Imagination of Dostoevsky
Chapter Eight: Conclusion-Stories in the Dawn of Capitalism: Crisis and Narrative in Boccaccio's Decameron
Bibliography

About the author

Sarah Louise MacMillen is associate professor of sociology and director of the Peace, Justice, and Conflict Resolution Minor Program at Duquesne University.

Summary

Building on aesthetic, sociological, and literary theories, the author focuses on a selection of novelists from the early 1800s to the early 1900s and their contribution to the sociological imagination. Throughout the text, the book considers these “stories that are telling” in light of social issues today.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Louise Macmillen
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781793628077
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-807-7
• No. of pages: 180
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers