11 Quotes by Umberto Eco about Reading

  • Author Umberto Eco
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    Today I realize that many recent exercises in "deconstructive reading" read as if inspired by my parody. This is parody's mission: it must never be afraid of going too far. If its aim is true, it simply heralds what others will later produce, unblushing, with impassive and assertive gravity.

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  • Author Umberto Eco
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    I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.

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