The Resource The bourgeois : between history and literature, Franco Moretti
The bourgeois : between history and literature, Franco Moretti
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- Summary
- "The bourgeois ... Not so long ago, this notion seemed indispensable to social analysis; these days, one might go years without hearing it mentioned. Capitalism is more powerful than ever, but its human embodiment seems to have vanished. 'I am a member of the bourgeois class, feel myself to be such, and have been brought up on its opinions and ideals, ' wrote Max Weber, in 1895. Who could repeat these words today? Bourgeois 'opinions and ideals' -- what are they?" Thus begins Franco Moretti's study of the bourgeois in modern European literature -- a major new analysis of the once-dominant culture and its literary decline and fall. Moretti's gallery of individual portraits is entwined with the analysis of specific keywords -- "useful" and "earnest," "efficiency," "influence," "comfort," "roba"--And of the formal mutations of the medium of prose. From the "working master" of the opening chapter, through the seriousness of nineteenth-century novels, the conservative hegemony of Victorian Britain, the "national malformations" of the Southern and Eastern periphery, and the radical self-critique of Ibsen's twelve-play cycle, the book charts the vicissitudes of bourgeois culture, exploring the causes for its historical weakness, and for its current irrelevance. -- Publisher's website
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 203 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: Concepts and contradictions. 'I am a member of the bourgeois class' ; Dissonances ; Bourgeoisie, middle class ; Between history and literature ; Abstract hero ; Prose and keywords: preliminary remarks ; 'The bourgeois is lost...'.
- A working master. Adventure, enterprise, Fortuna ; 'This will testify for me that I was not idle' ; Keywords I: 'Useful' ; Keywords II: 'Efficiency' ; Keywords III: 'Comfort' ; Prose I: 'The rhythm of continuity' ; Prose II: 'We have discovered the productivity of the spirit...'.
- Serious century. Keywords IV: 'Serious' ; Fillers ; Rationalization ; Prose III: Reality principle ; Description, conservatism, Realpolitik ; Prose IV: 'A transposition of the objective into the subjective'.
- Fog. Naked, shameless, and direct ; 'Behind the veil' ; The gothic, un déjà-là ; The gentleman ; Keywords V: 'Influence' ; Prose V: Victorian adjectives ; Keywords VI: 'Earnest' ; 'Who loves not knowledge?' ; Prose VI: Fog.
- 'National malformations': Metamorphoses in the semi-periphery. Balzac, Machado, and money ; Keywords VII: 'Roba' ; Persistence of the Old Regime I: The doll ; Persistence of the Old Regime II: Torquemada ; 'There's arithmetic for you!'.
- Ibsen and the spirit of capitalism. The grey area ; 'Signs against signs' ; Bourgeois prose, capitalist poetry
- Isbn
- 9781781680858
- Label
- The bourgeois : between history and literature
- Title
- The bourgeois
- Title remainder
- between history and literature
- Statement of responsibility
- Franco Moretti
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The bourgeois ... Not so long ago, this notion seemed indispensable to social analysis; these days, one might go years without hearing it mentioned. Capitalism is more powerful than ever, but its human embodiment seems to have vanished. 'I am a member of the bourgeois class, feel myself to be such, and have been brought up on its opinions and ideals, ' wrote Max Weber, in 1895. Who could repeat these words today? Bourgeois 'opinions and ideals' -- what are they?" Thus begins Franco Moretti's study of the bourgeois in modern European literature -- a major new analysis of the once-dominant culture and its literary decline and fall. Moretti's gallery of individual portraits is entwined with the analysis of specific keywords -- "useful" and "earnest," "efficiency," "influence," "comfort," "roba"--And of the formal mutations of the medium of prose. From the "working master" of the opening chapter, through the seriousness of nineteenth-century novels, the conservative hegemony of Victorian Britain, the "national malformations" of the Southern and Eastern periphery, and the radical self-critique of Ibsen's twelve-play cycle, the book charts the vicissitudes of bourgeois culture, exploring the causes for its historical weakness, and for its current irrelevance. -- Publisher's website
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1950-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Moretti, Franco
- Dewey number
- 809/.93355
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN56.M535
- LC item number
- M67 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Middle class in literature
- Social values in literature
- Label
- The bourgeois : between history and literature, Franco Moretti
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction: Concepts and contradictions. 'I am a member of the bourgeois class' ; Dissonances ; Bourgeoisie, middle class ; Between history and literature ; Abstract hero ; Prose and keywords: preliminary remarks ; 'The bourgeois is lost...'. -- A working master. Adventure, enterprise, Fortuna ; 'This will testify for me that I was not idle' ; Keywords I: 'Useful' ; Keywords II: 'Efficiency' ; Keywords III: 'Comfort' ; Prose I: 'The rhythm of continuity' ; Prose II: 'We have discovered the productivity of the spirit...'. -- Serious century. Keywords IV: 'Serious' ; Fillers ; Rationalization ; Prose III: Reality principle ; Description, conservatism, Realpolitik ; Prose IV: 'A transposition of the objective into the subjective'. -- Fog. Naked, shameless, and direct ; 'Behind the veil' ; The gothic, un déjà-là ; The gentleman ; Keywords V: 'Influence' ; Prose V: Victorian adjectives ; Keywords VI: 'Earnest' ; 'Who loves not knowledge?' ; Prose VI: Fog. -- 'National malformations': Metamorphoses in the semi-periphery. Balzac, Machado, and money ; Keywords VII: 'Roba' ; Persistence of the Old Regime I: The doll ; Persistence of the Old Regime II: Torquemada ; 'There's arithmetic for you!'. -- Ibsen and the spirit of capitalism. The grey area ; 'Signs against signs' ; Bourgeois prose, capitalist poetry
- Control code
- 830030314
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 203 pages
- Isbn
- 9781781680858
- Lccn
- 2013004072
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40022473073
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)830030314
- Label
- The bourgeois : between history and literature, Franco Moretti
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction: Concepts and contradictions. 'I am a member of the bourgeois class' ; Dissonances ; Bourgeoisie, middle class ; Between history and literature ; Abstract hero ; Prose and keywords: preliminary remarks ; 'The bourgeois is lost...'. -- A working master. Adventure, enterprise, Fortuna ; 'This will testify for me that I was not idle' ; Keywords I: 'Useful' ; Keywords II: 'Efficiency' ; Keywords III: 'Comfort' ; Prose I: 'The rhythm of continuity' ; Prose II: 'We have discovered the productivity of the spirit...'. -- Serious century. Keywords IV: 'Serious' ; Fillers ; Rationalization ; Prose III: Reality principle ; Description, conservatism, Realpolitik ; Prose IV: 'A transposition of the objective into the subjective'. -- Fog. Naked, shameless, and direct ; 'Behind the veil' ; The gothic, un déjà-là ; The gentleman ; Keywords V: 'Influence' ; Prose V: Victorian adjectives ; Keywords VI: 'Earnest' ; 'Who loves not knowledge?' ; Prose VI: Fog. -- 'National malformations': Metamorphoses in the semi-periphery. Balzac, Machado, and money ; Keywords VII: 'Roba' ; Persistence of the Old Regime I: The doll ; Persistence of the Old Regime II: Torquemada ; 'There's arithmetic for you!'. -- Ibsen and the spirit of capitalism. The grey area ; 'Signs against signs' ; Bourgeois prose, capitalist poetry
- Control code
- 830030314
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 203 pages
- Isbn
- 9781781680858
- Lccn
- 2013004072
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40022473073
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)830030314
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