Signs Taken for Wonders by Franco Moretti
Shakespearean tragedy and Dracula, Sherlock Holmes and Ulysses, Frankenstein and The Waste Land-all are celebrated "wonders" of modern literature, whether in its mandarin or popular form. However, it is the fact that these texts are so central to our contemporary notion of literature that sometimes hinders our ability to understand them. Franco Moretti applies himself to this problem by drawing skillfully on structuralist, sociological and psycho-analytic modes of enquity in order to read these texts as literary systems which are tokens of wider cultural and political realities. In the process, Moretti offers us compelling accounts of various literary genres, explores the relationships between high and mass culture in this century, and considers the relevance of tragic, Romantic and Darwinian views of the world.
A sheer intelligence animates the pages of Mr Moretti's work-- Edward Said
Breathtaking ... Moretti's radiant intelligence can catch you off guard. * San Francisco Review of Books *
Breathtaking ... Moretti's radiant intelligence can catch you off guard. * San Francisco Review of Books *
Franco Moretti is the author of many books, including Graphs, Maps, Trees; The Bourgeois; and Distant Reading, winner of the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He is Professor Emeritus at Stanford, where he founded the Center for the Study of the Novel and the Literary Lab.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844670567 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844670562 |
| Title | Signs Taken for Wonders |
| Author | Franco Moretti |
| Series | Radical Thinkers |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2006-01-17 |
| Number of pages | 286 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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