{"product_id":"the-limits-of-interpretation-9780253208699","title":"The Limits of Interpretation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Eco's essays read like letters from a friend, trying to share something he loves with someone he likes. . . . Read this brilliant, enjoyable, and possibly revolutionary book.\" --George J. Leonard, San Francisco Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" . . . a wealth of insight and instruction.\" --J. O. Tate, National Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If anyone can make [semiotics] clear, it's Professor Eco. . . . Professor Eco's theme deserves respect; language should be used to communicate more easily without literary border guards.\" --The New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The limits of interpretation mark the limits of our world. Umberto Eco's new collection of essays touches deftly on such matters.\" --Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is a careful and challenging collection of essays that broach topics rarely considered with any seriousness by literary theorists.\" --Diacritics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUmberto Eco focuses here on what he once called \"the cancer of uncontrolled interpretation\"--that is, the belief that many interpreters have gone too far in their domination of texts, thereby destroying meaning and the basis for communication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Umberto Eco\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/22\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Advances in Semiotics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.10w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253208699","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43195571306633,"sku":"9780253208699","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_643f6307-2a62-47b8-aabb-c024fa29d333.jpg?v=1733862769","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-limits-of-interpretation-9780253208699","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}