New Essays on Umberto Eco

An introduction to Eco's contributions to a wide range of academic disciplines, as well as to his literary works.

List of contents

Editor's introduction; 1. Eco and popular culture Norma Bouchard; 2. Umberto Eco's semiotic theory Manuela Gieri and Cinzia Bianchi; 3. Eco's scientific imagination Guy Raffa; 4. From the rose to the flame: Eco's theory and fiction between the Middle Ages and Postmodernity Cristina Farronato; 5. Umberto Eco's Middle Ages, and the historical novel Theresa Coletti; 6. Umberto Eco and the tradition of the detective story Peter Bondanella; 7. Eco's late semiotic thought: 'The Subject is in the Adverbs' Patrizia Violi; 8. Double coding memorabilia in The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana Rocco Capozzi; 9. Eco and Joyce Michael Caesar; 10. Eco on film Torunn Haaland.

Summary

This collection provides thought-provoking insights into 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, some of which have become best-sellers all over the world.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Bondanella, Peter (Indiana University) Bondanella, Peter E. Bondanella
• Assisted by: Peter Bondanella (Editor), Bondanella Peter (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.01.2013
• EAN: 9780521617574
• ISBN: 978-0-521-61757-4
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Litera
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Italian, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form