Experimental Criticism :Franco Moretti and Literature
Experimental Criticism :Franco Moretti and Literature
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27 January, 2026
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Experimental Criticism offers a series of close critical engagements with one of the world's most innovative literary thinkers. Franco Moretti, author of such major works as Signs Taken for Wonders, The Way of the World, Modern Epic, Atlas of the European Novel and The Bourgeois, may be best known for his 'distant reading' of vast numbers of literary texts at the Stanford Literary Lab. Francesco de Cristofaro and Stefano Ercolino lead a lively exploration of his work as a springboard for rethinking the fundamentals of literary studies.
Topics include literary theory and method, problems of scale and canonisation, the evolution of literary forms, abstract modelling and the digital humanities, comparative versus world literature, Marxism and literary history, and tragedy and the novel. There are essays from Moretti himself on Lukács and the tensions between close and distant reading, plus a 'provisional epilogue' in which he reflects on his intellectual itinerary and the challenges posed by contributors to this volume. 'Why study literature?' he asks. For the pleasure of reducing complex things to their simple elements; to bring them back to earth.
This key retrospective amounts to a critical manifesto for an experimental literary materialism, one unafraid to test radical new hypotheses.
Topics include literary theory and method, problems of scale and canonisation, the evolution of literary forms, abstract modelling and the digital humanities, comparative versus world literature, Marxism and literary history, and tragedy and the novel. There are essays from Moretti himself on Lukács and the tensions between close and distant reading, plus a 'provisional epilogue' in which he reflects on his intellectual itinerary and the challenges posed by contributors to this volume. 'Why study literature?' he asks. For the pleasure of reducing complex things to their simple elements; to bring them back to earth.
This key retrospective amounts to a critical manifesto for an experimental literary materialism, one unafraid to test radical new hypotheses.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781804295076 |
| ISBN10 | 1804295078 |
| Number Of Pages | 288 |
| Item Weight | 267 g |
| Product Dimensions | 140 x 210 x 18 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Verso Books |
| Format | paperback |
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Media Reviews
A great iconoclast of literary criticism * Guardian *
A sheer intelligence animates the pages of Moretti's work * New York Times *
Author's Bio
Francesco de Cristofaro teaches comparative literature at the University of Naples Federico II. He is the author of Zoo di romanzi (Zoo of Novels), Letterature comparate (Comparative Literature) and La palla al balzo (Leaping at the Chance).
Stefano Ercolino teaches literary theory and comparative literature at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. His books include The Maximalist Novel, The Novel-Essay and, with Massimo Fusillo, Negative Empathy in Literature and the Arts.