The Name of the Rose (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Umberto Eco
- First Published: 1980
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Detective and mystery
- Time of Work: 1327
- Setting: An abbey in northern Italy
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Murder or homicide, Books, Libraries or librarians, Italy or Italians, Middle Ages, Monasteries, monks, or monasticism, Comedy, Poisons or poisoning, Fourteenth century
- Locales: Italy
Characters Discussed
William of Baskerville, a Franciscan monk. This fifty-year-old English cleric and former inquisitor is tall and slender, with a hooked nose, sharp eyes, and a wry sense of humor. Reared in the skeptic tradition, he is a pre-Renaissance humanist, learned in letters, science, and philosophy; he is skilled, eloquent, and tolerant. Because of his interest in all knowledge, he finds it repugnant that anyone should bar others from acquiring it, either through censorship or, worse yet, murder. In addition to working on a compromise between Pope John XXII and...
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