Serendipities
Language And Lunacy
$36.22
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
1 September 1999
Summary
In this work, Umberto Eco demonstrates how myths and lunacies can produce historical developments of no small significance. In Eco’s words, “even errors can produce interesting side effects”. This book shows how:
- Believers in a flat earth helped Columbus accidentally discover America.
- The medieval myth of Prester John, the Christian king in Asia, assisted the European drive eastward.
- The myth of the Rosicrucians affected the Masons, leading in turn to the wides…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753808788 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753808781 |
| Author: | Prof Umberto Eco, Umberto Eco |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 1999 |
| Weight: | 160g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
“Examines, with wit and elegance, some of the many cases in which a mistaken belief has led to a sound result … Delightful.”-The Atlantic Monthly “Rich in historical anecdotes … Throughout, his treatments are informative, intellectually sophisticated, and thoroughly entertaining.”-Library Journal
About The Author
Prof Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco is Professor of Semiotics at the University of Bologna and one of the world’s most famous, and admired, writers.
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