Witty and wry . . . It s hard not to be charmed. New York Times Book Review
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1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il Duce s death remain controversial.
1992, Milan. Colonna, a depressed hack writer, is offered a fee he can t resist to ghostwrite a book. His subject: a fledgling newspaper, which happens to be financed by a powerful media...
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Witty and wry . . . It s hard not to be charmed. New York Times Book Review
An erudite and witty collection of Umberto Eco's essays on mass culture from the 1960s through the 1980s, including major pieces which have not been translated into English before. The discussion is framed by opposing characterizations of current intellectuals as apocalyptic and opposed to all mass culture, or as integrated intellectuals, so much a part of mass culture as to be unaware of serving it. Organized in four main parts, "Mass Culture: Apocalypse Postponed," "Mass Media and the Limits of Communication," "The Rise and Fall of Counter-Cultures," and "In Search of Italian Genius,"...
An erudite and witty collection of Umberto Eco's essays on mass culture from the 1960s through the 1980s, including major pieces which have not bee...
An erudite and witty collection of Umberto Eco's essays on mass culture from the 1960s through the 1980s, including major pieces which have not been translated into English before. The discussion is framed by opposing characterizations of current intellectuals as apocalyptic and opposed to all mass culture, or as integrated intellectuals, so much a part of mass culture as to be unaware of serving it. Organized in four main parts, ""Mass Culture: Apocalypse Postponed, "" ""Mass Media and the Limits of Communication, "" ""The Rise and Fall of Counter-Cultures, "" and ""In Search of Italian...
An erudite and witty collection of Umberto Eco's essays on mass culture from the 1960s through the 1980s, including major pieces which have not been t...
Diese Anleitung für die Planung, Gliederung und Niederschrift wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten von Umberto Eco, Professor an der Universität Bologna, ist ebenso gründlich wie virtuos. Nach Ecos eigenen Worten (Einleitung) gibt sein Buch "Auskunft darüber, (1) was man unter einer Abschlussarbeit versteht, (2) wie man das Thema sucht und die Zeit für seine Bearbeitung einteilt, (3) wie man bei der Literatursuche vorgeht, (4) wie man das gefundene Material auswertet und (5) wie man die Ausarbeitung äußerlich gestaltet". Die autorisierte Übersetzung hat Professor Dr. Walter Schick erarbeitet....
Diese Anleitung für die Planung, Gliederung und Niederschrift wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten von Umberto Eco, Professor an der Universität Bologna, ist...