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Misreadings - by Umberto Eco (Paperback)

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  • Satirical essays in which Eco pokes fun at the oversophisticated, the overacademic, and the overintellectual and makes penetrating comments about our modern mass culture and the elitist avant-garde.
  • Author(s): Umberto Eco
  • 192 Pages
  • Literary Collections, Essays

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Playful parodies by the author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum. Here, Eco pokes fun at the oversophisticated, overacademic, and overintellectual, and along the way makes penetrating comments about our modern mass culture and the elitist avant-garde in art in criticism.



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Satirical essays in which Eco pokes fun at the oversophisticated, the overacademic, and the overintellectual and makes penetrating comments about our modern mass culture and the elitist avant-garde. "A scintillating collection of writings" (Los Angeles Times). Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
Dimensions (Overall): 7.55 Inches (H) x 4.78 Inches (W) x .68 Inches (D)
Weight: .34 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 192
Genre: Literary Collections
Sub-Genre: Essays
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Format: Paperback
Author: Umberto Eco
Language: English
Street Date: May 1, 1993
TCIN: 77014369
UPC: 9780156607520
Item Number (DPCI): 247-24-1445
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.34 pounds
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