Questions tagged [foucalts-pendulum]
For questions about Foucault's Pendulum, the novel by Uberto Eco. Use in conjunction with [uberto-eco].
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In Foucault's Pendulum, which names are allusions to the real world, and which are not?
Foucault's Pendulum has a litany of character names that intrigue me. I wonder where many of them come from.
For example, Casaubon, the name of one of the main characters, seems like it comes from ...
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In Foucault's Pendulum, by what method does the translation choose to keep or translate Italian?
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco was originally written in Italian. Most of the book was translated to English, except for the parts that weren't in Italian to begin with.
I understand that ...
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