Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for Literary History

Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for Literary History

In this groundbreaking book, Franco Moretti argues that literature scholars should stop reading books and start counting, graphing, and mapping them instead. In place of the traditionally selective literary canon of a few hundred texts, Moretti offers charts, maps and time lines, developing the idea of â€œdistant readingâ€ into a full-blown experiment in literary historiography, in which the canon disappears into the larger literary system. Charting entire genresâ€”the epistolary, the gothic, and the historical novelâ€”as well as the literary output of countries such as Japan, Italy, Spain, and Nigeria, he shows how literary history looks significantly different from what is commonly supposed and how the concept of aesthetic form can be radically redefined.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781844671854
Color White
ReleaseDate 2007-09-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781844671854

You might also like...