The Role of the Reader: Explorations in the Semiotics of Texts

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By (author): "Umberto Eco"
Genres:Nonfiction books  Literary Criticism books  Criticism books  Literature books  Philosophy books  Theory books  Semiotics books  
Publish Date: 1979
The Role of the Reader: Explorations in the Semiotics of Texts
ISBN025320318X
ISBN139780253203182
AsinThe Role of the Reader: Explorations in the Semiotics of Texts
Original titleLector in fabula
... not merely interesting and novel, but also exceedingly provocative and heuristically fertile." --The Review of Metaphysics... essential reading for anyone interesting in... the new reader-centered forms of criticism." --Library JournalIn this erudite and imaginative book, Umberto Eco sets forth a dialectic between 'open' and 'closed' texts.