A Barthes Reader

Barthes, Roland

ISBN 10: 0809013940 / ISBN 13: 9780809013944

Published by Hill and Wang, 1984

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Trade paperback in very good condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Barthes Reader
• Publisher: Hill and Wang
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809013940
• ISBN 13: 9780809013944
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature

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Synopsis

A Barthes Reader gives one the image of Barthes as one of the great public teachers of our time, someone who thought out, argued for, and made available several steps in a penetrating reflection on language sign systems, texts- and what they have to tell us about the concept of being human. Susan Sontag's prefatory essay is one of her finest acts of criticism, informed by intellectual sympathy and a sure sense of the contours of the mind she is describing.

About the Author

Roland Barthes was born in 1915 and studied French literature and classics at the University of Paris. After teaching French at universities in Romania and Egypt, he joined the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, where he devoted himself to research in sociology and lexicology. He was a professor at the Collège de France until his death in 1980.