A dazzling account of the development of American cultural hegemony from one of the world's leading literary theorists. Franco Moretti, acclaimed author of Graphs, Maps, Trees and Distant Reading, distils a lifetime of teaching and research to present "the university, in the form of an essay". Ranging from poetry and the novel to theatre and the visual arts, Far Country juxtaposes canonical figures in American art and letters with European counterparts-Whitman and Baudelaire, Hemingway and Joyce, Miller and Brecht, Hopper and Vermeer-charting ruptures in the medium of form that have transformed the cultural landscape on either side of the Atlantic over the past century.

Pioneering literary theorist takes cultural history out of the classroom and into the world

About the Author
Franco Moretti is the author of many books, including Graphs, Maps, Trees; The Bourgeois; and Distant Reading, winner of the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He is Professor Emeritus at Stanford, where he founded the Center for the Study of the Novel and the Literary Lab.

Reviews
Moretti's body of work is one of genius . a breath of fresh air amid the incense -- McKenzie Wark * LA Review of Books *
A great iconoclast of literary criticism -- John Sutherland * The Guardian *
One of the most daring and intellectually exciting books of the year -- Michael Lindgren * Washington Post [for Distant Reading] *
Few are as hell-bent on rethinking the way we talk about literature -- Eric Bulson * Times Literary Supplement *



Book Information
ISBN 9781788737241
Author Franco Moretti
Format Hardback
Page Count 176
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 291g