| Theories of the Sign in Classical Antiquity Contributor(s): Manetti, Giovanni (Author), Rcs Libri S. P. a. (Other) |
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ISBN: 0253336848 ISBN-13: 9780253336842 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1993 Annotation: Theories of the Sign in Classical Antiquity is a brilliant study of the origin of semiotics and sign theory. Giovanni Manetti seeks to discover the common thread that runs through the classical world from the very beginning of human thought to the fourth century A.D. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Social Science - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 302.2 |
| LCCN: 92028924 |
| Series: Advances in Semiotics |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.06 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It's the first book which revisits Greek and Latin theories of signs from the point of view of a profound classical scholarship and a paramount knowledge of contemporary semiotics debates. --Umberto Eco Available in English for the first time is Professor Manetti's brilliant study of the origin of semiotics and sign theory. He seeks to discover the common thread that runs through the classical world from the very beginning of human thought to the fourth century A.D. In the classical tradition he sees a concept of the sign which is significantly different from that currently in use. |