How to write a thesis [electronic resource] / by Umberto Eco ; translated by Caterina Mongiat Farina & Geoff Farina ; foreword by Francesco Erspamer.
2015
LB2369 .E2813 2015eb
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Title
How to write a thesis [electronic resource] / by Umberto Eco ; translated by Caterina Mongiat Farina & Geoff Farina ; foreword by Francesco Erspamer.
Author
Eco, Umberto, author.
Uniform Title
Come si fa una tesi di laurea. English.
ISBN
9780262328753 electronic book
9780262527132 paperback
9780262527132 paperback
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, [England] : The MIT Press, 2015.
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxvi, 229 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
LB2369 .E2813 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
378.2/42
Summary
"Eco's approach is anything but dry and academic. He not only offers practical advice but also considers larger questions about the value of the thesis-writing exercise. How to Write a Thesis is unlike any other writing manual. It reads like a novel. It is opinionated. It is frequently irreverent, sometimes polemical, and often hilarious. Eco advises students how to avoid "thesis neurosis" and he answers the important question "Must You Read Books?" He reminds students "You are not Proust" and "Write everything that comes into your head, but only in the first draft." Of course, there was no Internet in 1977, but Eco's index card research system offers important lessons about critical thinking and information curating for students of today who may be burdened by Big Data." -- Publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Mongiat Farina, Caterina, translator.
Farina, Geoff, translator.
Erspamer, Francesco, writer of foreword.
Farina, Geoff, translator.
Erspamer, Francesco, writer of foreword.
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