The Limits of Interpretation
Umberto Eco
304 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0253208696
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Language: English
Publish: 664531200000
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Umberto 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.