Moretti, Franco. 2022. Falso movimento. La svolta quantitativa nello studio della letteratura. Milano: nottetempo

In this volume, published by nottetempo in January 2022, Franco Moretti attempts a review of his research activity over the past two decades, retracing the path that has given "reality " form to his quantitative studies on literature. Did he succeed in this goal? The author does not provid...

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Main Author: Sara Gallegati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2022-10-01
Series:Umanistica Digitale
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Online Access:https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/article/view/15089
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Summary:In this volume, published by nottetempo in January 2022, Franco Moretti attempts a review of his research activity over the past two decades, retracing the path that has given "reality " form to his quantitative studies on literature. Did he succeed in this goal? The author does not provide a clear-cut answer, by calling the path "false": «si è partiti, e poi […] la meta ha via via perso importanza rispetto a ciò che si intravedeva ai lati della strada. Ora è tempo di volgersi indietro […] per capire se – nelle ragioni che avevano condotto alla svolta quantitativa – vi fosse qualcosa di importante che abbiamo mancato». In this book Moretti focuses on the journey that should lead to consolidate a literary theory of the digital humanities.
ISSN:2532-8816