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The limits of interpretation / Umberto Eco.

By: Series: Advances in semioticsPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1994, ©1990.Edition: 1st Midland Book edDescription: 295 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0253208696 (pbk.) :
  • 9780253208699 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Limits of interpretation.LOC classification:
  • PN98.S46 E26 1994
Contents:
Two models of interpretation -- Unlimited semiosis and drift: pragmaticism vs. "pragmatism" == Intentio Lectoris: the state of the art -- Small worlds -- Interpreting serials -- Interpreting drama -- Interpreting animals -- A portrait of the elder as a young pliny -- Joyce, semiosis, and semiotics -- Abduction in Uqbar -- Pirandello Ridens -- Fakes and forgeries -- Semantics, pragmatics, and text semiotics -- Presuppositions -- On truth: a fiction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Two models of interpretation -- Unlimited semiosis and drift: pragmaticism vs. "pragmatism" == Intentio Lectoris: the state of the art -- Small worlds -- Interpreting serials -- Interpreting drama -- Interpreting animals -- A portrait of the elder as a young pliny -- Joyce, semiosis, and semiotics -- Abduction in Uqbar -- Pirandello Ridens -- Fakes and forgeries -- Semantics, pragmatics, and text semiotics -- Presuppositions -- On truth: a fiction.

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