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A review by mlindner
On Literature by Umberto Eco
4.0
I really enjoyed this collection of essays and I would have given it 5 stars except for just not knowing what he was talking about on occasion. That is not really his fault, of course, but is due to my own lack of education/experience.
Some of my favorite essays were "On Some Functions of Literature," "Borges and My Anxiety of Influence," "On Symbolism," "Intertextual Irony and Levels of Reading," "The Power of Falsehood" and "How I Write." Many of the others were also quite excellent.
The depth and breadth of Eco's erudition is simply amazing.
Some of my favorite essays were "On Some Functions of Literature," "Borges and My Anxiety of Influence," "On Symbolism," "Intertextual Irony and Levels of Reading," "The Power of Falsehood" and "How I Write." Many of the others were also quite excellent.
The depth and breadth of Eco's erudition is simply amazing.