On Literature (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Umberto Eco
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Essays and literary criticism
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays, Translation
- Subjects: Language or languages, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Literature, Writing, Books, Reading, Italy or Italians
Collections of essays are, even at their best, mixed bags, even when written by someone like Umberto Eco, respected in the fields of semiotics, medieval studies, literary and cultural criticism, and fiction writing, to name a few. On Literature is an eclectic collection. Its “occasional writings” include five lectures, six conference papers, one closing address, two short newspaper articles, one preface, one afterword, one essay, and an indeterminate other, for which the explanatory endnote was omitted. All were delivered or published between 1980 and 2000 (and all but one...
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