New essays on Umberto Eco
By: Peter Bondanella.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780521852098
Subjects: Eco, Umberto -- Criticism and interpretation; Semiotics and literature
Description: "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."--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Eco and popular culture / Norma Bouchard; title: Eco's semiotic theory / Cinzia Bianchi and Manuela Gieri; title: Eco's scientific imagination / Guy Raffa; title: From the rose to the flame: Eco's theory and fiction between the Middle Ages and postmodernity / Cristina Farronato; title: Eco's Middle Ages and the historical novel / Theresa Coletti; title: Eco and the tradition of the detective story / Peter Bondanella; title: 'The subject is in the adverbs,' the role of the subject in Eco's semiotics / Patrizia Violi; title: Double coding memorabilia in the mysterious flame of Queen Loana / Rocco Capozzi; title: Eco and Joyce / Michael Caesar; title: Eco on film / Torunn Haaland.