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001 2009931665
003 DLC
005 20120420081245.0
008 090629s2009 nyua bc 001 0 eng d
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050 00 $aPN56.L54$bE2613 2009
082 04 $a701/.1709$222
100 1 $aEco, Umberto.
240 10 $aVertigine della lista.$lEnglish
245 14 $aThe infinity of lists /$cUmberto Eco ; translation by Alastair McEwen.
260 $aNew York :$bRizzoli,$c2009.
300 $a408 p. :$bill. (chiefly col.) ;$c25 cm.
500 $a"Published in conjunction with the exhibition The infinity of lists, presented by the Musée du Louvre, Paris, in November 2009 and organized by Umberto Eco"--P. facing t.p.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 406-407) and indexes.
505 0 $aThe shield and its form -- The list and the catalogue -- The visual list -- The ineffable -- Lists of things -- Lists of places -- There are lists and lists -- Exchanges between list and form -- The rhetoric of enumeration -- Lists of mirabilia -- Collections and treasures -- The Wunderkammer -- Definition by list of properties versus definition by essence -- The Aristotelian telescope -- Excess, from Rabelais onwards -- Coherent excess -- Chaotic enumeration -- Mass-media lists -- Lists of vertigos -- Exchanges between practical and poetic lists -- A non-normal list.
520 $aReflections on how the idea of catalogs has changed over the centuries and how, from one period to another, it has expressed the spirit of the times. Companion to the author's History of beauty and On ugliness.
650 0 $aLists in literature.
650 0 $aCatalogs in literature.
650 0 $aLiterature$xHistory and criticism.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1012/2009931665-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1012/2009931665-b.html