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From the tree to the labyrinth : historical studies on the sign and interpretation / Umberto Eco ; translated by Anthony Oldcorn.

Author/creator Eco, Umberto
Other author/creatorOldcorn, Anthony.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Descriptionvi, 633 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Uniform titleDall'albero al labirinto. English
Contents from the tree to the labyrinth -- Metaphor as knowledge: Aristotle's medieval (mis)fortunes -- From metaphor to analogia entis -- The dog that barked (and other zoosemiotic archarologies) -- Fakes and forgeries in the Middle Ages -- Jottings on Beatus of Liébana -- Dante between Modistae and Kabbalah -- The use and interpretation of medieval texts -- Toward a history of denotation -- On Llull, Pico, and Llullism -- The language of the Austral land -- The linguistics of Joseph de Maistre -- On the silence of kant -- Natural semiosis and the word in Alessandro Manzoni's The Betrothed (I promessi sposi) -- The threshold and the infinite: Peirce and primary iconism -- The definitions in Croce's aesthetic -- Five senses of the word "Semantics," from Bréto the present day -- Weak thought versus the limits of interpretation.
General note"Originally published as Dall'albero al labirinto: Studi storici sul segno e l'interpretazione, by Umberto Eco, © 2007 RCS Libri S.p.A."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 587-612) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013015258
ISBN9780674049185 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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