On Literature
  • Published: 1 March 2006
  • ISBN: 9780099453949
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $32.99

On Literature

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'A man of robust intellect and genuine erudition...Eco sparkles' - Daily Telegraph

Remarkably accessible and unfailingly stimulating, this collection of essays exhibits the diversity of interests and the depth of knowledge that made Umberto Eco one of the world's leading writers. From musings on Ptolemy and reflections on the experimental writing of Borges and Joyce, to revelations of his own authorial ambitions and fears, Eco's luminous intelligence is on display throughout.

This volume will appeal to anyone interested in how new light is shed on old masters by a great contemporary mind.
  • Published: 1 March 2006
  • ISBN: 9780099453949
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $32.99
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Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco (1932–2016) wrote fiction, literary criticism and philosophy. His first novel, The Name of the Rose, was a major international bestseller. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, The Prague Cemetery and Numero Zero along with many brilliant collections of essays.

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Also by Umberto Eco

On the Shoulders of Giants
How to Spot a Fascist
Chronicles of a Liquid Society
How to Write a Thesis
The Prague Cemetery
The Name Of The Rose
This is Not the End of the Book
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Praise for On Literature

Appropriately rich and chaotic

Sunday Times

His most personal book so far...this book speaks loudly and persuasively of the redemptive properties of good writing. This book is both a large statement about literary aesthetics and the elliptical spiritual autobiography of a major novelist. Eco writes with characteristic intelligence, clarity, enthusiasm and charm. He seems incapable of writing a dull paragraph, or a wrong-headed one

Scotland on Sunday

An exciting, ecstatic work of criticism

Guardian

A good deal of intellectual athleticism on display... Eco is a scintillating lecturer, and an elegant journalist... At his most mercurial

Independent

On Literature is a provocative and entertaining collection of sprightly essays on the key texts that have shaped Eco the novelist and critic

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