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SIX WALKS IN THE FICTIONAL WOODS
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| By: |
Umberto Eco |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0674810511 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780674810518 |
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| Publisher: |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
5 September, 1995 |
| Series: |
The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Description: |
Umberto Eco explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. With a series of examples, ranging from fairy tales to Mickey Spillane, Eco draws his readers in by making them collaborators in the creation of text, and in the investigation of some of fiction's most basic mechanisms. |
| Synopsis: |
In this 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. |
| Illustrations: |
14 line illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Harvard University Press |
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