On Literature
by Umberto Eco
- ISBN
- 9780099453949
- Publication year
- 2006
- Pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
Description
A collection of essays on the key texts that have shaped the Eco, the novelist and critic. After the opening essay on the general significance of literature, this book examines a number of major authors from the Western canon, such as French writer Nerval's masterpiece, "Sylvie", as well as the works of Cervantes, Swift, and Piero Camporesi.
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