Image, Music, Text

Barthes, Roland

ISBN 10: 0006540678 / ISBN 13: 9780006540670

Published by HarperCollins Publishers Limited, 1984

About this Item

Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Image, Music, Text
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
• Publication Date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0006540678
• ISBN 13: 9780006540670
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

These essays, as selected and translated by Stephen Heath, are among the finest writings Barthes ever published on film and photography, and on the phenomena of sound and image. The classic pieces "Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Narrative" and "The Death of the Author" are also included.

Review

Roland Barthes, the French critic and semiotician, was one of the most important critics and essayists of this century. His work continues to influence contemporary literary theory and cultural studies. Image-Music-Text collects Barthes's best writings on photography and the cinema, as well as fascinating articles on the relationship between images and sound. Two of Barthes's most important essays, "Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Narrative" and "The Death of the Author" are also included in this fine anthology, an excellent introduction to his thought.