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Distant Reading
Winner:National Book Critics Circle Award -Criticism (2013)
How does a literary historian end up thinking in terms of z-scores, principal component analysis, and clustering coefficients? The essays in "Distant Reading" led to a new and often contested paradigm of literary analysis. In presenting them here Franco Moretti reconstructs his intellectual trajectory, the theoretical influences over his work, and explores the polemics that have often developed around his positions.
From the evolutionary model of "Modern European Literature," through the geo-cultural insights of "Conjectures of World Literature" and "Planet Hollywood," to the quantitative findings of "Style, inc." and the abstract patterns of "Network Theory, Plot Analysis," the book follows two decades of conceptual development, organizing them around the metaphor of "distant reading," that has come to define--well beyond the wildest expectations of its author--a growing field of unorthodox literary studies.
From the evolutionary model of "Modern European Literature," through the geo-cultural insights of "Conjectures of World Literature" and "Planet Hollywood," to the quantitative findings of "Style, inc." and the abstract patterns of "Network Theory, Plot Analysis," the book follows two decades of conceptual development, organizing them around the metaphor of "distant reading," that has come to define--well beyond the wildest expectations of its author--a growing field of unorthodox literary studies.
Book Details
- Publisher: Verso
- Publish Date: Jun 4th, 2013
- Pages: 256
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.75in - 0.98lb
- EAN: 9781781681121
- Categories: • Semiotics & Theory• Comparative Literature• Essays
About the Author
Franco Moretti teaches English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is the author of "Signs Taken for Wonders," "The Way of the World" and "Modern Epic," all from Verso.
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What people are saying
Mushtaq Bilal, PhD
@MushtaqBilalPhD
2 years
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@reviveramesh In literary studies, this can be understood as “distant reading,” a term coined by Franco Moretti. He has a book of the same name too. Briefly, the books argues for reading about novels instead of the novels themselves.
Praise for this book
The great iconoclast of literary criticism. --John Sutherland
It's a rare literary critic who attracts so much public attention, and there's a good reason: few are as hellbent on rethinking the way we talk about literature.
Moretti is already famous in bookish circles for his data-centric approach to novels, which he graphs, maps, and charts ... if his new methods catch on, they could change the way we look at literary history.
Moretti, a mythopoeic figure, generates around himself a dense network of folklore and apocrypha.
Distant reading might prove to be a powerful tool for studying literature.
"The great iconoclast of literary criticism."--John Sutherland, "Guardian"
"It's a rare literary critic who attracts so much public attention, and there's a good reason: few are as hellbent on rethinking the way we talk about literature."--"Times Literary Supplement"
"Moretti, a mythopoeic figure, generates around himself a dense network of folklore and apocrypha."--"n+1"
"Moretti is already famous in bookish circles for his data-centric approach to novels, which he graphs, maps, and charts ... if his new methods catch on, they could change the way we look at literary history."--"Wired"
"Distant reading might prove to be a powerful tool for studying literature."--"New York Times"
"It's a rare literary critic who attracts so much public attention, and there's a good reason: few are as hellbent on rethinking the way we talk about literature."--"Times Literary Supplement"
"Moretti, a mythopoeic figure, generates around himself a dense network of folklore and apocrypha."--"n+1"
"Moretti is already famous in bookish circles for his data-centric approach to novels, which he graphs, maps, and charts ... if his new methods catch on, they could change the way we look at literary history."--"Wired"
"Distant reading might prove to be a powerful tool for studying literature."--"New York Times"
What people are saying
Mushtaq Bilal, PhD
@MushtaqBilalPhD
2 years
I simplify the process of academic writing | Tips on using AI apps for academic purposes | Postdoc @SyddanskUni |
@reviveramesh In literary studies, this can be understood as “distant reading,” a term coined by Franco Moretti. He has a book of the same name too. Briefly, the books argues for reading about novels instead of the novels themselves.