New essays on Umberto Eco / edited by Peter Bondanella.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bondanella, Peter, 1943-2017, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eco, Umberto--Criticism and interpretation.

Eco, Umberto.

Semiotics and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 188 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There is a wealth of critical commentary on Umberto Eco in scholarly books and articles; this collection provides thought-provoking insights into topics that have attracted a great deal of attention in the past without repeating many of the arguments found in earlier publications on Eco. Representing the most active scholars writing on Eco from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, the international panel of authors provides sophisticated engagement with Eco's contributions to a wide range of academic disciplines (semiotics, popular culture, linguistics, aesthetics, philosophy, medieval studies) as well as his literary production of five important novels. From the impact of the detective genre on Eco's literary work to his place as a major medievalist, New Essays on Umberto Eco covers a variety of subjects of interest not only to a wide audience interested in Eco's fiction, but also to the serious student delving into Eco's more esoteric writings.

Contents:

Eco and popular culture / Norma Bouchard

Eco's semiotic theory / Cinzia Bianchi and Manuela Gieri

Eco's scientific imagination / Guy Raffa

From the rose to the flame : Eco's theory and fiction between the Middle Ages and postmodernity / Cristina Farronato

Eco's Middle Ages and the historical novel / Theresa Coletti

Eco and the tradition of the detective story / Peter Bondanella

'The subject is in the adverbs' : the role of the subject in Eco's semiotics / Patrizia Violi

Double coding memorabilia in the mysterious flame of Queen Loana / Rocco Capozzi

Eco and Joyce / Michael Caesar

Eco on film / Torunn Haaland.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-19603-5

0-521-61757-X

1-282-39317-0

0-511-64712-3

9786612393174

0-511-57952-7

0-511-65120-1

0-511-57878-4

0-511-58026-6

OCLC:

438729029