Distant Reading
Book - 2013 801.95 Mo 1 On Shelf No requests on this item
Sign in to request
Locations
Call Number: 801.95 Mo
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
Location & Checkout Length | Call Number | Checkout Length | Item Status |
---|---|---|---|
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout |
801.95 Mo | 4-week checkout | On Shelf |
Modern European literature: a geographical sketch -- Conjectures on world literature -- The slaughterhouse of literature -- Planet Hollywood -- More conjectures -- Evolution, world-systems, Weltliteratur -- The end of the beginning: a reply to Christopher Prendergast -- The novel: history and theory -- Style, Inc.: reflections on 7,000 titles (British novels, 1740-1850) -- Network theory, plot analysis.
How does a literary historian end up thinking in terms of z-scores, principal component analysis, and clustering coefficients? The essays in Distant Reading led to a new and often contested paradigm of literary analysis. In presenting them here Franco Moretti reconstructs his intellectual trajectory, the theoretical influences over his work, and explores the polemics that have often developed around his positions. From the evolutionary model of 'Modern European Literature', through the geo-cultural insights of 'Conjectures on World Literature' and 'Planet Hollywood' to the quantitative findings of 'Style, inc.' and the abstract patterns of 'Network Theory, Plot Analysis', the book follows two decades of critical explorations that have come to define - well beyond the wildest expectations of its author -- a growing field of unorthodox literary studies.
REVIEWS & SUMMARIES
Publishers Weekly ReviewSummary / Annotation
Table of Contents
Author Notes
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
No community reviews. Write one below!
PUBLISHED
London : Verso, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781781680841
1781680841
9781781681121
1781681120
SUBJECTS
Criticism.
Literature -- Theory, etc.