Inventing the Enemy : Essays

English

ISBN: 0547640978

EAN: 9780547640976

Category: Literary Collections / Essays

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Release Date: 09/04/2012

Synopsis: Inventing the Enemy covers a wide range of topics on which Umberto Eco has written and lectured over the last ten years. From a disquisition on the theme that runs through his recent novel, The Prague Cemeteryevery country needs an enemy, and if it doesnt have one, must invent it; to the discussion of ideas that have inspired his earlier novels (and in the process he takes us on an exploration of lost islands, mythical realms, and medieval world). Eco also explores indignant reviews of James Joyces Ulyssesby fascist journalists of the 1920s and 1930s, and provides a lively examination of St. Thomas Aquinass notions about the soul of an unborn child, censorship, violence and Wikileaks. These are essays full of passion, curiosity, and obsessions by one of the worlds most esteemed scholars and critically acclaimed, best-selling novelists.

Inventing the Enemy : Essays

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.88 inches

Width: 6.0 inches

Length: 9.0 inches

Weight: 15.06 oz

Pages: 240