The walking of times: sociology of literature and history of works
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Abstract
Consacrer: sacrality of literature and lasting legitimacy It is sometimes wrong to rely on words. And the term ‘conscription’, so popular with the sociologists of literature, may be rich, in its very etymology, with several warmful warnings. The first call for vigilance accompanies the register of ‘sacred’ in the theoretical lexicon. What is correctly referred to in the field of ‘social evaluation of literary works’ is the fact of ‘making sacred’...