On Literature.: SIGNED FIRST EDITION
by Eco, Umberto
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Eco, Umberto. On Literature. New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2002. Orange cloth in pictorial dust jacket. First edition. 334 pp. Near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, protected in a mylar sleeve. A gift quality book.
Signed on a special publisher's book plate on the half title page. The First American edition is the first edition in English, preceding the British edition. A collection of essays by the famed novelist and semanticist, author of The Name of the Rose. In these essays Eco seeks "to understand the chemistry of his passion" for the word.Synopsis
In this collection of essays and addresses delivered over the course of his illustrious career, Umberto Eco seeks "to understand the chemistry of [his] passion" for the word. From musings on Ptolemy and "the force of the false" to reflections on the experimental writing of Borges and Joyce, Eco's luminous intelligence and encyclopedic knowledge are on dazzling display throughout. And when he reveals his own ambitions and superstitions, his authorial anxieties and fears, one feels like a secret sharer in the garden of literature to which he so often alludes. Remarkably accessible and unfailingly stimulating, this collection exhibits the diversity of interests and the depth of knowledge that have made Eco one of the world's leading writers.
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- Title
- On Literature.
- Author
- Eco, Umberto
- Format/Binding
- Orange cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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