Moretti Franco. Atlas of the European novel 1800-1900

London; New York: Verso, 1998. — 220 p. — ISBN 1-85984-883-4In this pioneering study Franco Moretti presents a fresh and exciting perspective by mapping the often unexpected relations between literature and geography.Introduction: Towards a geography of literature‘General, you make use of maps
‘But we have no artistic atlases’The novel, the nation-stateHome-land
England and its double
‘The recent losses in the West India estate’
Geography of ideas
Far from the center
Theoretical interlude I. Of space and style
Taking the high road
‘A mighty big river, resembling an immense snake uncoiled’
Village, provinces, metropolis
Theoretical interlude II. Geography of plotA tale of two citiesThe problem
‘We live in so different a part of town...’
‘A mosaic of little worlds’
Fear in Paris
Theoretical interlude III. Stories of the Third
Fields of power
The third London
Very Curiously Brought Together
City of cluesNarrative markets, ca. 1850‘Experiments upon diagrams’
Theoretical interlude IV. Normal literature
England becomes an island
A united and uneven market
Theoretical interlude V. Center and periphery
The three Europes
A bibliographical investigation
"A universal inter-dependence of nations’
Theoretical interlude VI. Market and forms
‘Sustained by its historical backwardness’Index of names and works