Modern Epic: The World System from Goethe to Garcia Marquez by Franco Moretti

Modern Epic: The World System from Goethe to Garcia Marquez

Franco Moretti with Quintin Hoare (Translator)

272 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy challenging medium-paced
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"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 ...

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