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Title Statement | On the shoulders of giants / Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by Alastair McEwen. |
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Author | Eco, Umberto |
Additional Contributors | McEwen, Alastair |
Publication | London: Harvill Secker,2019. |
Extent of Item | 413 pages |
ISBN | 1787301451 9781787301450 |
Other Number | 3655095 |
General Notes | Ttranslation of Sulle spalle dei giganti : lezioni alla Milanesiana, 2001-2015. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index. |
Summary | "On the Shoulders of Giants collects previously unpublished essays from the last fifteen years of Umberto Eco's life. With humor and erudition, one of the great contemporary thinkers takes on the roots of Western culture, the origin of language, the nature of beauty and ugliness, the imperfections of art, and the lure of mysteries"--Provided by publisher. |
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Aesthetics |