About the Author
Franco Moretti teaches English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is the author of Signs Taken for Wonders, The Way of the World and Modern Epic, all from Verso.
Table of Contents
The soul and the harpy -- The great eclipse -- Dialectic of fear -- Homo palpitans -- Clues -- Kindergarten -- The long goodbye -- From The waste land to the artificial paradise -- The spell of indecision -- The moment of truth -- On literary evolution.