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dannmaloney816's review against another edition
4.0
*for grad school* slim, pretty readable volume of criticism that explores the notion of "are certain stories limited to certain spaces." Moretti says "yes," and he claims that the early novel (late 18th, early 20th) didn't just support the notion, but supported other space-based notion-- such as ideas where romance can occur, where rebellion can occur, and even how a nation-state can exist. At times you lose Moretti (despite the clarity of his eccentric prose) but he makes several fascinating points which I love. He expands on Williams' ideas of Austen's "knowable community" of a specific kind of England, and ideas about "where" Holmes could solve crimes. I got lost at times with his ideas of "the third" and some of his explanations of Paris. His last section explores lending libraries and where specific books were read, and implications of what books could be read where. If nothing else, it's thought provoking, clearly written, unique, bold, and has tons of really cool maps inside. So many great graphs, maps, visuals.
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