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I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.

Source: Reflections on the Name of the Rose, Telling the Process (1983; tr. 1984).
-- Umberto Eco, (Jan 5 1932-2016), Italian novelist; He is best known for his novel The Name of the Rose, 1981 which was made into a film.

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