The Limits of Interpretation - Couverture souple

Eco, Umberto

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0253208696 ISBN 13 : 9780253208699

Editeur : Indiana University Press, 1991

Synopsis

"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." --Diacritics

Umberto 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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Indiana University Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0253208696
• ISBN 13: 9780253208699
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible