Moretti Franco. Atlas of the European novel, 1800-1900

Verso, 1997. — 206 p.List of figures
AcknowledgementsTowards a geography of literature
General, you make use of maps
But we have no artistic atlases
The novel, the nation-state
Home-land
England and its double
The recent losses in the W est 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 plot
A tale of two cities
The 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 clues
Narrative 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 Europe
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