Experimental Criticism (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Verso Books, London, 2026
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Paperback. Experimental Criticism offers a series of close critical engagements with Franco Moretti, one of the worlds most innovative literary thinkers. Moretti is the author of among other works Signs Taken for Wonders, Modern Epic and Graphs, Maps, Trees. He is perhaps best known for his computational distant reading of vast numbers of literary texts at the Stanford Literary Lab. In this book Francesco de Cristofaro and Stefano Ercolino lead a lively exploration of Morettis protean, experimental approach to literary criticism. Topics range from evolutionary theory and the sociology of literary forms to world literature and the Digital Humanities. A concluding part is dedicated to one of Morettis most prized research objects: the novel. Experimental Criticism recovers Morettis origins on the Italian Trotskyist Left and is enriched by essays from Moretti himself on Lukacss Theory of the Novel and the tension between close and distant reading. Why study literature?, Moretti asks. For the pleasure of reducing complex things to their simple elements. To bring them back to earth. A fascinating guide to Franco Moretti's literary criticism Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Experimental Criticism (Paperback)
- Author
- Francesco de Cristofaro
- Publisher
- Verso Books, London
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
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- 1804295078
- ISBN 13
- 9781804295076
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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About the Author
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.
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