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• Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; I Contemporary Taste and the Spirit of the age; The phenomenon of change in taste; Explanation from natural science in Brunetière; Apparent dominance of a contemporary taste; The connexion with the 'Spirit of the Age'; The Spirit of the Age and social groups; II The Sociological Medium of Literature in the Past; III Shifting of the Sociological Position of the Artist; IV Literature and Public; The deepening of the cleavage between public and art through Naturalism; Beginnings of the predominance of the fine arts.

• Cleavage in the public and set-back for the literary element in social lifeV The Start of New Trends of Taste; The formation of aesthetic cliques; The relation of the creative artist to current taste; The importance of being comprehended; Formation of groups and schools; VI Means of Selection; The importance of the selecting authorities; Use of means of propaganda; Importance of literary criticism; Influences from the fine arts; VII Public Recognition; The grounds for public recognition; The propaganda value of the new; Varied receptivity of sociological groups.

• The conception of the taste-propagating typeThe 'inwardly involved'; The universal validity of art; National differences; Taste-conserving forces: school and university; Organisations exerting influence: literary societies, lending libraries, and the like; The book-seller; The Book Societies; Final considerations; Index.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.