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Serendipities : language & lunacy / Umberto Eco ; translated by William Weaver

By:

Eco, Umberto, (1932-2016)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: San Diego : Harcourt Brace , 1999.Edition: 1st Harvest edDescription: ix, 129 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780156007511

Uniform titles:

Essays . English . Selections

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

401 ECO

LOC classification:

P106 .E29 1999

Summary: Eco, a best-selling novelist and a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna, unlocks the riddles of history in an exploration of the "linguistics of the lunatic," stories told by scholars, scientists, poets, fanatics, and ordinary people in order to make sense of the world.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	401 ECO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	08/12/2024	007528

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-119) and index.

Eco, a best-selling novelist and a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna, unlocks the riddles of history in an exploration of the "linguistics of the lunatic," stories told by scholars, scientists, poets, fanatics, and ordinary people in order to make sense of the world.

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