Le Plaisir du Texte (The Pleasure of the Text).

BARTHES, Roland.

Published by Editions du Seuil, Paris, 1973

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Half-title with a Du meme Auteur list on the verso + TP + [7] = Quote page + 9 - 105 + [107]-[108] = Index + [109] = Imprime + [111]-[112] = advertisements, Small Octavo. First Edition.Le Plaisir du texte further develops the contrast between the writerly and the readerly from S/Z. Barthes presents reading as erotic, in that it involves the interplay of pleasure from traditional joys of literature and ecstasy as the unexpected moment of aporia. Le Plaisir du texte can be viewed as the first text of Barthes's "late" period. His first book-length text after the astonishing S/Z, Le Plaisir du texte revisits some of that text's concerns regarding the reader's production of meaning. Its focus on the moment of reading and its use of a dual paradigm echo, to some extent, the rationale and methodology of S/Z. Hand-in-hand with this, of course, there is the implicit assumption that the author as source of authority, or, as Barthes puts it here, "the author as institution", is dead. Original printed wrappers. Near fine. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Le Plaisir du Texte (The Pleasure of the Text).
• Publisher: Editions du Seuil, Paris
• Publication Date: 1973
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: FIRST EDITION.
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  • Philosophy & Religions