Atlas of the European Novel 1800-1900
by Franco Moretti
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A groundbreaking study in literary geography. An Atlas of the European Novel 1800-1900 explores the fascinating connections between literature and space. In this pioneering study, Franco Moretti presents a fresh and exciting perspective en the European novel. In a series of one hundred maps, Moretti illuminates the geographical assumptions of nineteenth-century novels and the geographical reach of particular authors and genres across the continent. A good map, he discovers, can be worth a show more thousand words in posing new questions and allowing us to see connections that have so tar escaped us. Reading his Atlas, we become aware of the secret structure of Dickens's and Conan Doyle's London, and see how the fictional settings of Austen's Britain, or picaresque Spain, or the France of the Comedie humaine imagine national identity in different ways. In a final chapter on "narrative markets," Moretti tells us which books were most popular in the provincial libraries of Victorian Britain, and charts the European diffusion of Don Quixote, Buddenbrooks, and the great nineteenth-century bestsellers. In Franco Moretti's Atlas, maps are net ornaments, but analytical tools which, in making connections explicit and visible, allow us to 'see' literature in a completely new way. This path-breaking study suggests that space may well be the secret protagonist of cultural history. show lessTags
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This book gives new and accessible perspectives on 19th century European literature, and I found many of Moretti's points intriguing. The maps he has created are truly phenomenal, and present so much more information than could be described in words. The writing style is precise and smart but informal, and ideas are presented clearly. Much of the book focuses, however, on a relatively small number of books, and while it's not absolutely necessary to have read them, it would probably help - my lack of Balzac hurt me a bit, but knowledge of the works discussed isn't crucial.
The Epidemiology of the Novel.
The Epidemiology of the Novel.
Reviewed by Cosma Shalizi here:
http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/reviews/atlas-of-the-european-novel/
http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/reviews/atlas-of-the-european-novel/
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Für den Geographen sind Landkarten ein selbstverständliches Arbeitsmittel. Für den Literaturwissenschaftler Franco Moretti auch. In seinem "Atlas der europäischen Literatur" untersucht er nicht nur die Funktion und Darstellungsweise von Räumen und Schauplätzen in der Literatur, sondern auch, wie sich die Literatur in den realen geographischen und historischen Raum eingeschrieben hat
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Franco Moretti teaches Literature at Stanford, where he is the Director of the Literacy Lab. He is the author of Signs Taken for Wonders, The Way of the World, Modern Epic, Atlas of the European Noval 1800-1900, and Graphs, Maps, Trees, as well as Chief Editor of The Novel.
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- Original title
- Atlante del romanzo europeo
- Original publication date
- 1997
Classifications
- Genres
- Literature Studies and Criticism, Nonfiction, Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 809 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism History, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures
- LCC
- G1797.21 .E65 .M6 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Atlases By region or country Eastern Hemisphere. Eurasia, Africa, etc. Europe
- BISAC
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- 264
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- Reviews
- 5
- Rating
- (3.59)
- Languages
- 6 — English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 1
