Umberto Eco
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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 t
Eco in 1984
Eco in 1987
Eco at his home in 2010
Umberto Eco photographed by Oliver Mark, Milan 2011
Foucault's Pendulum
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Foucault's Pendulum is a novel by Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco. It was first published in 1988, with an English translation by William Weaver being published a year later.
Umberto Eco
…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. Eco wrote prolifically…
First edition (Italian)
The eponymous Foucault pendulum at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris.