Name: The Limits of Interpretation (Advances in Semiotics)
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Author: Eco, Umberto
ISBN: 9780253208699

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The Limits of Interpretation (Advances in Semiotics)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Umberto Eco

Publisher

Indiana University Press

Year

1994

Language

English

Pages

308

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.4 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.46 kg.

ISBN

0253208696

ISBN13

9780253208699

Synopsis "The Limits of Interpretation (Advances in Semiotics) "

"Eco's essays read like letters from a friend, trying to share something he loves with someone he likes. . . . Read this brilliant, enjoyable, and possibly revolutionary book." --George J. Leonard, San Francisco Review of Books" . . . a wealth of insight and instruction." --J. O. Tate, National Review"If anyone can make [semiotics] clear, it's Professor Eco. . . . Professor Eco's theme deserves respect; language should be used to communicate more easily without literary border guards." --The New York Times"The limits of interpretation mark the limits of our world. Umberto Eco's new collection of essays touches deftly on such matters." --Times Literary Supplement"It is a careful and challenging collection of essays that broach topics rarely considered with any seriousness by literary theorists." --DiacriticsUmberto Eco focuses here on what he once called "the cancer of uncontrolled interpretation"--that is, the belief that many interpreters have gone too far in their domination of texts, thereby destroying meaning and the basis for communication.

Umberto Eco

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Umberto Eco (Alessandria, January 5, 1932-Milan, February 19, 2016) was an Italian semiotician, philosopher, and writer, author of numerous essays on semiotics, aesthetics, linguistics, and philosophy, as well as several novels, including The Name of the Rose. Umberto Eco was a renowned atheist, very interested in the topic of religion.

In 2016, From Stupidity to Insanity, a posthumous compilation book of articles published in the press by Umberto Eco, selected by Eco himself before his death, was published.

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