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title	:	The Limits of Interpretation Advances in Semiotics
author	:	Eco, Umberto.
publisher	:	Indiana University Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0253208696
print isbn13	:	9780253208699
ebook isbn13	:	9780585182667
language	:	English
subject	Criticism, Semiotics and literature, Reader-response criticism.
publication date	:	1994
lcc	:	PN98.S46E26 1994eb
ddc	:	801/.95
subject	:	Criticism, Semiotics and literature, Reader-response criticism.

Page i The Limits of Interpretation

Page ii Advances in Semiotics Thomas A. Sebeok, General Editor

Page iii The Limits of Interpretation Umberto Eco Indiana University Press BLOOMINGTON AND INDIANAPOLIS

Page iv First Midland Book Edition 1994 1990 by Umberto Eco All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses' Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. TM Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Eco, Umberto. The limits of interpretation / Umberto Eco. p. cm.(Advances in semiotics series) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-253-31852-1 1. Criticism. 2. Semiotics and literature. 3. Reader-response criticism. I. Title. II. Series. PN98.S46E26 1990 801.95dc20 89-45999 CIP ISBN 0-253-20869-6 (pbk.) 6 7 99

Page v Contents Introduction 1 1. Two Models of Interpretation 8 2. Unlimited Semiosis and Drift: Pragmaticism vs. "Pragmatism" 23 3. Intentio Lectoris: The State of the Art 44 4. Small Worlds 64 5. Interpreting Serials 83 6. Interpreting Drama 101 7. Interpreting Animals 111 8. A Portrait of the Elder as a Young Pliny 123 9. Joyce, Semiosis, and Semiotics 137 10. Abduction in Uqbar 152 11. Pirandello Ridens 163 12. Fakes and Forgeries 174 13. Semantics, Pragmatics, and Text Semiotics 203 14. Presuppositions 222 15. On Truth: A Fiction 263 References 283 Index 292

Page 1 Introduction At the beginning of his Mercury; or, The Secret and Swift Messenger (1641), John Wilkins tells the following story: How strange a thing this Art of Writing did seem at its first Invention, we may guess by the late discovered Americans, who were amazed to see Men converse with Books, and could scarce make themselves to believe that a Paper could speak.... There is a pretty Relation to this Purpose, concerning an Indian Slave; who being sent by his Master with a Basket of Figs and a Letter, did by the Way eat up a great Part of his Carriage, conveying the Remainder unto the Person to whom he was directed; who when he had read the Letter, and not finding the Quantity of Figs answerable to what was spoken of, he accuses the Slave of eating them, telling him what the Letter said against him. But the Indian (notwithstanding this Proof) did confidently abjure the Fact, cursing the Paper, as being a false and lying Witness. After this, being sent again with the like Carriage, and a Letter expressing the just Number of Figs, that were to be delivered, he did again, according to his former Practice, devour a great Part of them by the Way; but before meddled with any, (to prevent all following Accusations) he first took the Letter, and hid that under a great Stone, assuring himself, that if it did not see him eating the Figs, it could never tell of him; but being now more strongly accused than before, he confesses the Fault, admiring the Divinity of the Paper, and for the future does promise his best Fidelity in every Employment. (3d ed. [London: Nicholson, 1707], pp. 34)

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