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Title: Signs Taken for Wonders: Essays in the Sociology of Literary Forms (The Verso Classics Series) by Franco Moretti, David Miller, David Forgacs ISBN: 1-85984-171-6 Publisher: Verso Books Pub. Date: January, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: fantastic insight into the European novel
Comment: All of Franco Moretti's in-class charm and wit is demonstrated in this series of essays on various forms of the European novel. He does a fantastic job of legitimizing not only popular texts, such as Dracula and the Sherlock Holmes series, but also the field of literary criticism itself. He makes a compelling argument for not only the profound effect that society has had in forming literary trends, but also literature's role in shaping society. His essay on Tragedy in Elizabethan and Jacobean drama contains some particularly fascinating insights into this phenomenon. While written in a colloquial tone, some essays can come across overly mandarin at times. Get through the first and most difficult essay, 'The Soul and the Harpy', and the rest will be smooth sailing. He makes his field seem almost, dare I say, 'cool'.
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Title: The Way of the World: The Bildungsroman in European Culture, New Edition by Franco Moretti, Albert Sbragia ISBN: 1859842984 Publisher: Verso Books Pub. Date: 23 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Atlas of the European Novel 1800-1900 by Franco Moretti ISBN: 1859842240 Publisher: Verso Books Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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