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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Umberto EcoPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.481kg ISBN: 9780253208699ISBN 10: 0253208696 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 22 January 1991 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Introduction 1. Two Models of Interpretation 2. Unlimited Semiosis and Drift Pragmaticism vs. ""Pragmatism"" 3. Intentio Lectoris: The State of the Art 4. Small Worlds 5. Interpreting Serials 6. Interpreting Drama 7. Interpreting Animals 8. A Portrait of the Elder as a Young Pliny 9. Joyce, Semiosis, and Semiotics 10. Abduction in Uqbar 11. Pirandello Ridens 12. Fakes and Forgeries 13. Semantics, Pragmatics, and Text Semiotics 14. Presuppositions 15. On Truth: A Fiction References Index"ReviewsInstead of that tone of constipated envy we associate with criticism, Eco's essays read like letters from a friend, trying to share something he loves with someone he likes. Try it, you'll like it, it's easy, you can understand it. He doesn't teach, he shares... Read this brilliant, enjoyable, and possibly revolutionary book. --George J. Leonard, San Francisco Review of Books ... this book discourses brilliantly on Pirandello, on Joyce, on Borges, and rewards the attention paid to it with a wealth of insight and instruction. --J. O. Tate, National Review 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 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. Diacritics ""Instead of that tone of constipated envy we associate with criticism, Eco's essays read like letters from a friend, trying to share something he loves with someone he likes. Try it, you'll like it, it's easy, you can understand it. He doesn't teach, he shares... Read this brilliant, enjoyable, and possibly revolutionary book. --George J. Leonard, San Francisco Review of Books ""... this book discourses brilliantly on Pirandello, on Joyce, on Borges, and rewards the attention paid to it with a wealth of insight and instruction."" --J. O. Tate, National Review ""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 ""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."" Diacritics Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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