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The open work

by Umberto Eco, Anna Cancogni, David Robey

This collection of pre-semiotic writings examines aesthetics, modern art, and literature. It explores values central to critical theory through essays on mass culture, television, and the politics of art.

Accession 10795 ISBN 0091758963 Publisher Hutchinson Radius
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