The Bourgeois: Between History and Literature

The Bourgeois: Between History and Literature

"I am a member of the bourgeois class, feel myself to be such, andÂ have been brought up on its opinions and ideals," wrote Max Weber,Â in 1895. Who could repeat these words today?

Thus begins Franco Morettiâ€™s study of the bourgeois in modernÂ European literature, where a gallery of individual portraits isÂ entwined around the analysis of specific keywords â€“ such as â€˜usefulâ€™Â and â€˜earnestâ€™, â€˜efficiencyâ€™, â€˜influenceâ€™, â€˜comfortâ€™, â€˜robaâ€™ â€“ and of theÂ formal mutations of the medium of prose. The book charts the riseÂ and fall of bourgeois culture, exploring the causes for its historical
weakness, and searches for the seeds of its failures.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Verso
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-06-04
Format Kindle eBook

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