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Umberto Eco · Postmodern · Novel / essays
Postmodern · Historical mystery
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco. A medieval murder investigation becomes a learned meditation on signs, libraries, heresy, comedy, and institutional power.
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- Date
- 1980
- Origin
- Italy
- Era
- Postmodern
- Genre
- Historical mystery
- Canon tier
- Expanded canon
- Difficulty
- Challenging
- Length
- Long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A medieval murder investigation becomes a learned meditation on signs, libraries, heresy, comedy, and institutional power.
This work is included on the basis of modern broader canon. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.
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