Six Walks in the Fictional Woods
In this exhilarating book, we accompany Umberto Eco as he explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. Using examples ranging from fairy tales and Flaubert, Poe and Mickey Spillane, Eco draws us in by means of a novelist's techniques, making us his collaborators in the creation of his...
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In this exhilarating book, we accompany Umberto Eco as he explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. Using examples ranging from fairy tales and Flaubert, Poe and Mickey Spillane, Eco draws us in by means of a novelist's techniques, making us his collaborators in the creation of his text and in the investigation of some of fiction's most basic mechanisms.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780674810518 (0674810511)
Publish date: July 21st 1998
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
Language,
Literature,
European Literature,
Criticism,
Literary Criticism,
Books About Books,
Philosophy,
Theory,
Italian Literature
“Un bosco è, per usare una metafora di Borges […] un giardino dai sentieri che si biforcano. Anche quando in un bosco non ci sono sentieri tracciati, ciascuno può tracciare il proprio percorso decidendo di procedere a destra o a sinistra di un certo albero e così via, facendo una scelta a ogni alber...
Nunca pensei que fosse gostar tanto de um livro de teoria literária. Maravilhoso e muito elucidativo.
Lots of food for thought, as always with Umberto Eco's lectures and essays.
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