The Open Work

The Open Work
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 0674639766
ISBN-13 : 9780674639768
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Book Synopsis The Open Work by : Umberto Eco

Download or read book The Open Work written by Umberto Eco and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is significant for its concept of "openness"--the artist's decision to leave arrangements of some constituents of a work to the public or to chance--and for its anticipation of two themes of literary theory: the element of multiplicity and plurality in art, and the insistence on literary response as an interaction between reader and text.


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