Graphs, Maps, Trees

Abstract Models for Literary History

Alberto Piazza, Franco Moretti

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Verso
01 November 2007

Literary studies: general; Mathematical modelling

"In this groundbreaking book, Franco Moretti argues that literature scholars should stop reading books and start counting, graphing, and mapping them instead. In place of the traditionally selective literary canon of a few hundred texts, Moretti offers charts, maps and time lines, developing the idea of ""distant reading"" into a full-blown experiment in literary historiography, in which the canon disappears into the larger literary system. Charting entire genres-the epistolary, the gothic, and the historical novel-as well as the literary output of countries such as Japan, Italy, Spain, and Nigeria, he shows how literary history looks significantly different from what is commonly supposed and how the concept of aesthetic form can be radically redefined."

By: Franco Moretti
Afterword by: Alberto Piazza
Imprint: Verso
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 142mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 158g
ISBN: 9781844671854
ISBN 10: 1844671852
Publication Date: 01 November 2007
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for Literary History

Mr. Moretti makes his most forceful case yet for his approach, a heretical blend of quantitative history, geography, and evolutionary theory. - New York Times Moretti's discourse, as has often been noted, is marked by the same subtlety and unpredictability as his fellow Italian, Umberto Eco. - Guardian It's a rare literary critic who attracts so much public attention, and there's a good reason: few are as hell-bent on rethinking the way we talk about literature. - Times Literary Supplement