Quotes by Eco, Umberto

The postmodern reply to the modern consists of recognizing that the pa >>

The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Im >>

There is a constant in the average American imagination and taste, for >>

Quotations about Poetry and Poets

Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held >>

When a poet's mind is perfectly equipped for its work, it is constantl >>

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, tha >>

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

Eco, Umberto