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:"the fundamental problem of all [[philosophies of language]], namely, whether metaphor is a departure from underlying [[literalness]] or the birthplace of every [[degree zero of writing]]." | :"the fundamental problem of all [[philosophies of language]], namely, whether metaphor is a departure from underlying [[literalness]] or the birthplace of every [[degree zero of writing]]." | ||
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- | “[[Wilde. Paradox and Aphorism]]” is an essay by [[Umberto Eco]] on [[Oscar Wilde]], [[aphorism]]s and [[paradox]]es, collected in ''[[On Literature]]''. | + | ==On Some Functions of Literature== |
+ | ==A Reading of the Paradiso== | ||
+ | ==On the Style of The Communist Manifesto== | ||
+ | ==The Mists of Valois== | ||
+ | ==Wilde: Paradox and Aphorism== | ||
+ | On [[Oscar Wilde]], [[aphorism]]s and [[paradox]]es, collected in ''[[On Literature]]''. | ||
+ | ==A Portrait of the Artist as Bachelor== | ||
+ | ==Between La Mancha and Babel== | ||
+ | ==Borges and My Anxiety of Influence== | ||
+ | ==On Camporesi: Blood, Body, Life== | ||
+ | ==On Symbolism== | ||
+ | ==On Style== | ||
+ | ==Les Sémaphores sous la Pluie== | ||
+ | ==The Flaws in the Form== | ||
+ | ==Intertextual Irony and Levels of Reading== | ||
+ | ==The Poetics and Us== | ||
+ | ==American Myth in Three Anti-American Generations== | ||
+ | ==The Power of Falsehood== | ||
+ | ==How I Write==== | ||
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On Literature (2003) is a book by Umberto Eco.
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- Italian literary theorist and novelist Umberto Eco includes nine essays in this title concerning: the general significance of literature; major authors of the Western canon; the poetic qualities of Dante's "Paradiso"; the style of the "Communist Manifesto"; Joyce's views on language; and more
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- "the fundamental problem of all philosophies of language, namely, whether metaphor is a departure from underlying literalness or the birthplace of every degree zero of writing."
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On Some Functions of Literature
A Reading of the Paradiso
On the Style of The Communist Manifesto
The Mists of Valois
Wilde: Paradox and Aphorism
On Oscar Wilde, aphorisms and paradoxes, collected in On Literature.
A Portrait of the Artist as Bachelor
Between La Mancha and Babel
Borges and My Anxiety of Influence
On Camporesi: Blood, Body, Life
On Symbolism
On Style
Les Sémaphores sous la Pluie
The Flaws in the Form
Intertextual Irony and Levels of Reading
The Poetics and Us
American Myth in Three Anti-American Generations
The Power of Falsehood
How I Write==
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