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

Modern Epic: The World System from Goethe to Garcia Marquez

Franco Moretti, Quintin Hoare

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 rev...

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