... puzzled for "two years" after the publication of his first novel, "trying to figure out why the book was being read by people who surely could not like such 'cultivated' books" (Eco, 1983). In The Name of the Rose Eco involves his readers in the complications of early-fourteenth-century theological and political controversies and philosophical debates over nominalism. He further ... the building outside the monastery wall; so the cliffside location offers extra protection. That type of site, on a cliff or a hill, was considered ideal for a castle.( Eco, 1983) Sometimes castles were buil...

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