The Limits of Interpretation

By (author): "Umberto Eco"
Publish Date: 1990
The Limits of Interpretation
ISBN0253208696
ISBN139780253208699
AsinThe Limits of Interpretation
Original titleI limiti dell'interpretazione
"Eco's essays read like letters from a friend, trying to share something he loves with someone he likes.... Read this brilliant, enjoyable, and possibly revolutionary book." --George J. Leonard, San Francisco Review of Books..". a wealth of insight and instruction." --J. O. Tate, National Review"If anyone can make [semiotics] clear, it's Professor Eco.... Professor Eco's theme deserves respect; language should be used to communicate more easily without literary border guards." --The New York Times"The limits of interpretation mark the limits of our world. Umberto Eco's new collection of essays touches deftly on such matters." --Times Literary Supplement"It is a careful and challenging collection of essays that broach topics rarely considered with any seriousness by literary theorists." --DiacriticsUmberto Eco focuses here on what he once called "the cancer of uncontrolled interpretation"--that is, the belief that many interpreters have gone too far in their domination of texts, thereby destroying meaning and the basis for communication.