Travels in Hyper Reality: Essays

Umberto Eco

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986 - Literary Collections - 307 pages

Eco displays in these essays the same wit, learning, and lively intelligence that delighted readers of The Name of the Rose and Foucault’s Pendulum. His range is wide, and his insights are acute, frequently ironic, and often downright funny. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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User Review  - Rand - Goodreads

Useful for understanding the role of mimesis and simulacra in the latter half of the last century. Sample snark: "True, if you reverse the signs, both say the same thing (namely, the media do not ...

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User Review  - Peter Mcloughlin - Goodreads

A collection of essays by Umberto Eco from the seventies and early eighties written in the Italian Press and collected and translated into english. Eco when he writes for popular audiences is fun to ...

About the author

Umberto Eco is a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna. He is the author of numerous essays and novels, including the bestselling The Name of the Rose, Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, and Baudolino.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Travels in Hyper Reality: Essays; A Harvest/HBJ book; A Helen and Kurt Wolff book
• Author: Umberto Eco
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986
• ISBN: 0156913216, 9780156913218
• Length: 307 pages
• Subjects: Literary Collections / Essays; Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory