Umberto Eco, international bestselling novelist and literary
theorist, here brings together these two roles in a provocative
discussion of the vexed question of literary interpretation. The
limits of interpretation - what a text can actually be said to mean
- are of double interest to a semiotician whose own novels'
intriguing complexity has provoked his readers into intense
speculation as to their meaning. Eco's discussion ranges from Dante
to The Name of the Rose, Foucault's Pendulum to Chomsky and
Derrida, and bears all the hallmarks of his personal style. Three
of the world's leading figures in philosophy, literary theory and
criticism take up the challenge of entering into debate with Eco on
the question of interpretation. Richard Rorty, Jonathan Culler and
Christine Brooke-Rose each add a distinctive perspective on this
contentious topic, contributing to an exchange of ideas between
some of the foremost theorists in the field. The work is intended
for students and scholars of literary theory and philosophy
(especially semiotics).
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