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Umberto Eco is an Italian semiotician, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist. He is the author of The Name of the Rose, Foucault's Pendulum, and The Prague Cemetery, all of which are bestsellers in many languages, as well as a number of influential scholarly works.

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In 1977, Eco published a small book for his students titled How to Write a Dissertation, in which he provided useful advice on all steps of researching and writing a dissertation—from choosing a topic to organizing a work plan to drafting the final version. Notably, this is the first long-overdue publication in English. Eco's approach is anything but dry and academic. He not only offers practical advice but also addresses larger questions about the value of the dissertation. How to Write a Dissertation is not an ordinary writing guide. It reads like a...