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Bo Isenberg

Bo Isenberg

Associate Professor | Senior Lecturer

Bo Isenberg

Sociology and Literature

Author

  • Bo Isenberg

Summary, in English

The paper discusses the general relation between sociology and literature and argues that the former has not only a lot in common with the latter, but also things to include and elaborate on. The paper uses as examples a number of sociologists and novelists and compares their ways of interpreting modern society and modern man.

Department/s

  • Sociology

Publishing year

2004

Language

English

Document type

Conference paper

Topic

  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)

Keywords

  • Sociology
  • literature
  • the novel
  • modernity

Conference name

Transgressing the boundaries between literature and sociology

Conference date

2004-12-01

Conference place

Copenhagen, Denmark

Status

Unpublished