Franco Moretti explores the connections between literature and space, illuminating the geographical assumptions of 19th century novels and the geographical reach of particular authors and genres across the continent.
A compelling analysis of the relations between high and mass culture, from tragedy and horror to detective fiction and classical realism.
A combination of narrative theory and social history, this new edition includes an additional final chapter on the collapse of the Bildungsroman in the years around World War I (a crisis which opened the way for Modernist experimentation).
Who - and what - are the Bourgeois?
The formation of an unorthodox literary critic
Charting entire genres - the epistolary, the gothic, and the historical novel - as well as the literary output of countries such as Japan, Italy,... Læs mere
Building a theory of the modern epic which has provided many of the "sacred texts" of Western literary culture, this work covers epics from... Læs mere