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Modern Epic

Paperback • 1996 • English

Modern Epic

By Franco Moretti

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About the book

"Take Faust, what is it? A 'tragedy,' as its author states? A great philosophical tale? A collection of lyrical insights? Who can say. How about Moby-Dick? Encyclopedia, novel or romance? Or even a 'singular medley,' as one anonymous 1851 review put it? . "It is no longer a novel," T.S. Eliot said of Ulysses. But if not novels, then what are they?" Literary history has long been puzzled by how to classify and treat these aesthetic monuments. In this highly original and interdisciplinary work, Fr...Show more

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9781859840696

Publisher

Verso Books

Published year

1996

Language

English

Original title

Modern Epic

Format

Paperback

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