{"product_id":"the-novel-volume-2-franco-moretti-9780691134734","title":"The Novel, Volume 2: Forms and Themes","description":"\u003cp\u003eNearly as global in its ambition and sweep as its subject, Franco Moretti's \u003ci\u003eThe Novel\u003c\/i\u003e is a watershed event in the understanding of the first truly planetary literary form. A translated selection from the epic five-volume Italian \u003ci\u003eIl Romanzo\u003c\/i\u003e (2001-2003), \u003ci\u003eThe Novel'\u003c\/i\u003es two volumes are a unified multiauthored reference work, containing more than one hundred specially commissioned essays by leading contemporary critics from around the world. Providing the first international comparative reassessment of the novel, these essential volumes reveal the form in unprecedented depth and breadth--as a great cultural, social, and human phenomenon that stretches from the ancient Greeks to today, where modernity itself is unimaginable without the genre. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By viewing the novel as much more than an aesthetic form, this landmark collection demonstrates how the genre has transformed human emotions and behavior, and the very perception of reality. Historical, statistical, and formal analyses show the novel as a complex literary system, in which new forms proliferate in every period and place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Volume 2: \u003ci\u003eForms and Themes\u003c\/i\u003e, views the novel primarily from the inside, examining its many formal arrangements and recurrent thematic manifestations, and looking at the plurality of the genre and its lineages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These books will be essential reading for all students and scholars of literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Franco Moretti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691134731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691134734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.37w x 1.97d","brand":"Franco Moretti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981099630847,"sku":"9780691134734","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b8540859-908f-4d94-98ff-3241bd6dbc64.jpg?v=1683253652","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-novel-volume-2-franco-moretti-9780691134734","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}