The Role of the Reader: Explorations in the Semiotics of Texts

" . . . not merely interesting and novel, but also exceedingly provocative and heuristically fertile." —The Review of Metaphysics " . . . essential reading for anyone interesting in . . . the new reader-centered forms of criticism." —Library Journal In this erudite and imaginative book, Umberto Eco sets forth a dialectic between 'open' and 'closed' texts.

• | Author: Umberto Eco
• | Publisher: Indiana University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 22, 1979
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780253203182
• | ISBN-10: 025320318X