Illuminating Eco : on the boundaries of interpretation / edited by Charlotte Ross and Rochelle Sibley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ross, Charlotte, 1974-

Sibley, Rochelle, 1976-

Series:

Warwick studies in the European humanities

Warwick studies in the humanities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eco, Umberto--Criticism and interpretation.

Eco, Umberto.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xvi, 207 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2004]

Contents:

1 Introduction: Interpretation and Uncertainty / David Robey 1

Part 1 Readers of Open (Para) Texts

2 Maps and Territories: Eco Crossing the Boundary / Jonathan Key 13

3 Aspects of the Labyrinth in The Name of the Rose: Chaos and Order in the Abbey Library / Rochelle Sibley 27

4 Eco and the Reading of the Second Level / Manuela Barranu 43

5 Eco's Discovery of America or Travelling the Postmodern Way / Vanna Motta 57

Part 2 Overinterpreting the Signs

6 Economic Interpretation / Clare Birchall 71

7 Eco's Hermeneutics and Translation Studies: Between 'Manipulation' and 'Overinterpretation' / Edoardo Crisafulli 89

8 The Serendipities of Semiotics, or Knowledge as a 'Theory of Next Thursday' / Charlotte Ross 105

Part 3 Future Directions

9 Reconsidering the Implications of the 'Pre-Semiotic' Writings in Umberto Eco / Sangjin Park 123

10 Traces of Analytic Philosophy: Meaning, Reference and Style in Kant and the Platypus / Florian Mussgnug 139

11 Eco on the Move: Notes for a Re-Reading / Michael Caesar 155

Part 4 A Contribution by Umberto Eco

12 How I Write / Umberto Eco 171

13 A Response by Eco 193.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-203) and index.

ISBN:

0754636801

OCLC:

52054984