Search Type
  • All
  • Subject
  • Title
  • Author
  • Publisher
  • Series Title
Search Title

Download

Apocalípticos e Integrados / Apocalypse Postponed: Essays by Umberto Eco

Apocalípticos e Integrados / Apocalypse Postponed: Essays by Umberto Eco( )
Author: Eco, Umberto
ISBN:978-84-264-0799-3
Publication Date:Sep 2023
Publisher:Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Imprint:Lumen Juvenile
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $24.95
Book Description:

Una colección de ensayos magistrales sobre la cultura de masas. En estos ensayos magistrales, en los que analiza la estructura del mal gusto, la lectura de cómics, el mito de Superman, la canción de consumo, el papel de los medios audiovisuales como instrumento de información o el influjo de la televisión en el mundo actual, Umberto Eco se plantea el problema central de la doble postura ante la cultura de masas: la de los apocalípticos, que ven en ella el signo de...
More Description

Book Details
Pages:480
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Popular Culture
Literary Criticism / Modern / 20Th Century
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.99 x 9.07 x 1.03 Inches
Book Weight:1.362 Pounds
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.

030



Rate this title:

Select your rating below then click 'submit'.






I do not wish to rate this title.