title: The Limits of Interpretation (Advances in Semiotics)
author:  Umberto Eco 
description: <DIV>This important book by a major international intellectual figure begins with four theoretical essays dealing with various aspects of interpretive theory. In this collection of essays, the author focuses on what he calls the limits of interpretation, or, as once noted in another context, 'the cancer of uncontrolled interpretation.' He states clearly at the outset his belief that many interpreters have gone too far in their domination of texts, thereby destroying meaning and the basis for communication.</div>
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  **title**
  
  
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  The Limits of Interpretation Advances in Semiotics
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **author**
  
  
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  Eco, Umberto.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **publisher**
  
  
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  Indiana University Press
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **isbn10 | asin**
  
  
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  0253208696
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **print isbn13**
  
  
  **:**
  
  
  9780253208699
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **ebook isbn13**
  
  
  **:**
  
  
  9780585182667
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **language**
  
  
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  English
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **subject**
  
  
  
  
  
  Criticism, Semiotics and literature, Reader-response criticism.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **publication date**
  
  
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  1994
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **lcc**
  
  
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  PN98.S46E26 1994eb
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **ddc**
  
  
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  801/.95
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **subject**
  
  
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  Criticism, Semiotics and literature, Reader-response criticism.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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