Confessions of a Young Novelist

Informationen zum Autor Umberto Eco Klappentext Eco published his first novel, "The Name of the Rose," in 1980, when he was nearly 50. In these "confessions" the author, now in his late 70s, looks back on his long career as a theorist and his more recent work as a novelist and explores their fruitful conjunction. Zusammenfassung Umberto Eco published his first novel, The Name of the Rose, in 1980, when he was nearly fifty. In these “confessions” the author, now in his late seventies, looks back on his long career as a theorist and his more recent work as a novelist and explores their fruitful conjunction. This book takes readers on a tour of Eco’s own creative method.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Umberto Eco (1932–2016) was an acclaimed writer, philosopher, medievalist, and semiotician. In addition to dozens of nonfiction books, he authored seven novels, including The Name of the Rose, which has been translated into more than forty languages and has sold more than fifty million copies worldwide.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Umberto Eco, Eco Umberto
• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 05.04.2011
• EAN: 9780674058699
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05869-9
• Seiten: 240
• Abmessung: 125 mm x 190 mm x 25 mm
• Serien: Ellmann Lectures; The Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature; Richard Ellmann Lectures in Mo; The Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature; Richard Ellmann Lectures in Mo; Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature (HUP)
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Biographien, Autobiographien; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Autobiography: literary, Literary theory, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Structuralism, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary Figures, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Authorship, Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism