{"product_id":"umberto-eco-paperback","title":"Umberto Eco - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Caesar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a comprehensive introduction to the work and thought of Umberto Eco - one of the most important writers in Europe today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a comprehensive introduction to the work and thought of Umberto Eco - one of the most important writers in Europe today. While Eco became world-famous with his best-selling novel \u003ci\u003eThe Name of the Rose, \u003c\/i\u003e his writings have been influential in many fields for several decades. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCaesar retraces the development of Eco's thought and its impact on literary studies, aesthetics, philosophy and semiotics. He shows how, throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Eco elaborated his theory of art, bringing together medieval aesthetics, the modernist avant-garde and his interest in the mass media. He discusses Eco's attempts to synthesize a general theory of signification and communication which would embrace both popular and mass culture - attempts which culminated in \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Semiotics.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCaesar also examines Eco's emergence as a novelist with the publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Name of the Rose\u003c\/i\u003e in 1980 and the novels that followed it, and explores Eco's theories of reading and interpretation which take shape between \u003ci\u003eThe Role of the Reader\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSix Walks in the Fictional Woods.\u003c\/i\u003e The book concludes with an analysis of the themes addressed in Eco's most recent work, \u003ci\u003eKant and the Platypus.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWide-ranging and up to date, this engaging study will appeal to students of literature, philosophy and cultural studies, and to anyone who wants a clear introduction to one of Europe's most stimulating and original intellectuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Caesar\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Italian and Head of Italian Studies at the University of Birmingham.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9 x 6.03 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 03, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52715244716339,"sku":"9780745608501","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Ui9OR2pkMVU0dEpvbkhUaHhNNTBnZz09.webp?v=1763596797","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/umberto-eco-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}