by Umberto Eco · LUMEN · tapa dura · ISBN 9788426417435
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In 'The Vertigo of Lists', Umberto Eco explores the fascinating history and cultural significance of lists throughout time. From practical enumerations to lists that evoke infinity, Eco analyzes how this literary and artistic form has reflected the spirit of different eras. Through examples ranging from classical literature to contemporary art, the author invites us on an intellectual journey that reveals the richness and complexity of lists as an expression of the human condition.
Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory, as well as Foucault's Pendulum, his 1988 novel which touches on the history of occultism and its contemporary interpretation through the new age movement.
