Apocalypse Postponed by Umberto Eco
A collection of Umberto Eco's essays on mass culture from the 1960s through the 1980s, including major pieces published in English. Organized into four main parts, these essays look at a variety of topics and cultural productions, including the world of Charlie Brown, distinctions between highbrow and lowbrow, the future of literacy, and more.Umberto Eco (1932-2016) was an Italian novelist, medievalist, semiotician, philosopher, and literary critic. He is the author of several bestselling novels, including The Name of The Rose, Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of The Day Before, and Baudolino. His collections of essays include Five Moral Pieces, Kant and the Platypus, Serendipities, Travels In Hyperreality, and How To Travel With a Salmon and Other Essays.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780253318510 |
| ISBN 10 | 0253318513 |
| Title | Apocalypse Postponed |
| Author | Umberto Eco |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press |
| Year published | 2000-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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