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Serendipities: Language and Lunacy
Umberto Eco
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Paperback. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Series: Italian Academy Lectures. Num Pages: 128 pages, figures. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 230.
Best-selling author Umberto Eco's latest work unlocks the riddles of history in an exploration of the "linguistics of the lunatic," stories told by scholars, scientists, poets, fanatics, and ordinary people in order to make sense of the world. Exploring the "Force of the False," Eco uncovers layers of mistakes that have shaped human history, such as Columbus's assumption that the world was much smaller than it is, leading him to seek out a quick route to the East via the West and thus fortuitously "discovering" America. The fictions that grew up around the cults of the Rosicrucians and Knights Templar ... Read more
Best-selling author Umberto Eco's latest work unlocks the riddles of history in an exploration of the "linguistics of the lunatic," stories told by scholars, scientists, poets, fanatics, and ordinary people in order to make sense of the world. Exploring the "Force of the False," Eco uncovers layers of mistakes that have shaped human history, such as Columbus's assumption that the world was much smaller than it is, leading him to seek out a quick route to the East via the West and thus fortuitously "discovering" America. The fictions that grew up around the cults of the Rosicrucians and Knights Templar ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Series
Italian Academy Lectures
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231111355
SKU
V9780231111355
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About Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco is the author of five best-selling novels and numerous collections of essays. He is a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna and lives in Italy.
Reviews for Serendipities: Language and Lunacy
Eco cajoles his readers to go out and learn more, and perhaps, to disagree with him.
Scott Gordon The Daily Yomiuri Erudite, wide-ranging, and slyly humorous... The literary examples Eco employs range from Dante to Dumas, from Sterne to Spillane. His text is thought-provoking, often outright funny, and full of surprising juxtapositions. The Atlantic Fans of Eco's novels will ... Read more
Scott Gordon The Daily Yomiuri Erudite, wide-ranging, and slyly humorous... The literary examples Eco employs range from Dante to Dumas, from Sterne to Spillane. His text is thought-provoking, often outright funny, and full of surprising juxtapositions. The Atlantic Fans of Eco's novels will ... Read more