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Six Walks in the Fictional Woods

Six Walks in the Fictional Woods( )
Author: Eco, Umberto
Series title:Charles Eliot Norton Lectures
ISBN:978-0-674-81051-8
Publication Date:Jul 1998
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $55.95
Book Description:

In this exhilarating book, we accompany Eco as he explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. Using examples from fairy tales and Flaubert, Poe and Mickey Spillane, Eco draws us in with a novelist's techniques, making us his collaborators in the creation of his text and in the investigation of some of fiction's most basic mechanisms.

Book Details
Pages:160
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.97 x 20.955 x 0.889 cm
Book Weight:0.227 Kilograms
Author Biography
Eco, Umberto (Author)
Umberto Eco was born in Alessandria, Italy on January 5, 1932. He received a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Turin in 1954. His first book, Il Problema Estetico in San Tommaso, was an extension of his doctoral thesis on St. Thomas Aquinas and was published in 1956. His first novel, The Name of the Rose, was published in 1980 and won the Premio Strega and the Premio Anghiar awards in 1981. In 1986, it was adapted into a movie starring Sean Connery. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Prague Cemetery, and Numero Zero. He also wrote children's books and more than 20 nonfiction books including Serendipities: Language and Lunacy. He taught philosophy and then semiotics at the University of Bologna. He also wrote weekly columns on popular culture and politics for L'Espresso. He died from cancer on February 19, 2016 at the age of 84.

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