Umberto Eco, The Da Vinci Code, and the Intellectual in the Age of Popular Culture

By: Douglass Merrell

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Synopsis: This book provides a philosophical overview of Umberto Eco's historical and cultural development as a unique, internationally recognized public intellectual who communicates his ideas to both an academic and a popular audience. It describes Eco’s intellectual development from his childhood during World War II and student involvement as a Catholic youth activist and scholar of the Middle Ages, to his early writings on the "openness" of modern works such as Joyce's Finnegans Wake. Merrell also explores Eco’s pioneering role in semiotics and his later career as a novelist.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783319547893
Related ISBNs:: 9783319547886
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 08/31/17
Copyrighted By:: N/A
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Science, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts, Philosophy
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.