{"product_id":"distant-reading-isbn-9781781680841","title":"Distant Reading","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow does a literary historian end up thinking in terms of z-scores, principal component analysis, and clustering coefficients? The essays in \u003ci\u003eDistant Reading\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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.\"One of the most daring and intellectually exciting books of the year.\"—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The great iconoclast of literary criticism.”—John Sutherland, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.”—\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Moretti, a mythopoeic figure, generates around himself a dense network of folklore and apocrypha.”—\u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.”—\u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Distant reading might prove to be a powerful tool for studying literature.”—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eFranco Moretti\u003c\/b\u003e teaches English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSigns Taken for Wonders\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Way of the World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eModern Epic\u003c\/i\u003e, all from Verso.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44885887811813,"sku":"NP9781781680841","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781781680841.jpg?v=1767725255","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/distant-reading-isbn-9781781680841","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}