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New Essays on Umberto Eco

Hardback

Main Details

Title New Essays on Umberto Eco
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Peter Bondanella
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:202
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 158
Category/GenreLiterary theory
Literary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9780521852098
ClassificationsDewey:853.914
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 2 July 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

There is a wealth of critical commentary on Umberto Eco in scholarly books and articles; this collection provides thought-provoking insights into topics that have attracted a great deal of attention in the past without repeating many of the arguments found in earlier publications on Eco. 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. From the impact of the detective genre on Eco's literary work to his place as a major medievalist, New Essays on Umberto Eco covers a variety of subjects of interest not only to a wide audience interested in Eco's fiction, but also to the serious student delving into Eco's more esoteric writings.

Author Biography

Peter Bondanella is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature, Film Studies and Italian at Indiana University. He has written or edited many books on Italian literature and film, including The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel (co-edited with Andrea Ciccarelli, Cambridge, 2003) and Umberto Eco and the Open Text (Cambridge, 1997).