Image, Music, Text

Barthes, Roland; Heath, Stephen (TRN)

ISBN 10: 0374521360 / ISBN 13: 9780374521363

Published by Hill and Wang, 1978

Unread book in perfect condition. Seller Inventory # 468787

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.

About the Authors:

Roland Barthes changed the way a generation read. A cultural commentator before his time, his careful if playful analysis of texts revolutionised the way we comprehend cultural products. Both critic and literary essayist, his writings continue to provoke. His best known work includes Mythologies, Camera Lucida, Image-Music-Text, The Empire of Signs, A Lover's Discourse, Writing Degree Zero, S/Z and The Fashion System.

Translated by Andy Stafford, Senior Lecturer in French Studies, University of Leeds and edited by Andy Stafford and Michael Carter, Department of Art History and Theory, University of Sydney.

Roland Barthes (1915-1980) was a major French writer, literary theorist and critic of French culture and society.

Stephen Heath is a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, and the author of Questions of Cinema (1985), among other books.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Image, Music, Text
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Publication Date: 1978
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New