Umberto Eco Summary

Umberto Eco (born 1932) is a best-selling author of mystery novels that reflect his many intellectual interests and wide-ranging knowledge of philosophy, literature, medieval history, religion, and po... Read more

As a semiotician, novelist, medieval scholar, journalist, and parodist, Umberto Eco has produced an amazingly diverse and influential body of work since the 1950s, and he is certainly one of the most ... Read more

D'Evelyn is general editor for the humanities at Harvard University Press. In the following review, he provides a thematic overview of Travels in Hyper Reality, drawing parallels between contem... Read more

In the following review, Williams outlines the tenets of Eco's literary thought, highlighting his interpretation strategies and ideas about the author-reader relationship. At the beginning of U... Read more

In the following review, Heron outlines the tenor of Eco's thought in Faith in Fakes, noting his insights and inconsistencies. Time is going faster. The constant ‘past-ising’ proc... Read more

In the following review, Breisach outlines the thesis of The Search for the Perfect Language. This volume [The Search for the Perfect Language] is part of a series created by five European publishers ... Read more

In the following review, Thomson evaluates both the benefits and drawbacks of the thematic and stylistic diversity of Serendipities. Umberto Eco, now a plump 67, is a man of towering cleverness. Howev... Read more

In the following review, Chaudhuri addresses the lack of an Eastern cultural perspective in Serendipities. Umberto Eco is the offspring of Roland Barthes and Jorge Luis Borges. In his role as semiotic... Read more

In the following review, Dick identifies the themes and basic technique of Travels in Hyper Reality, with a few provocative exceptions, as essentially nothing new. Although Eco insists that his collec... Read more