Description
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.
Author: Roland Barthes
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 07/01/1983
Pages: 495
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9780374521448
ISBN10: 0374521441
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Criticism & Theory
- Literary Collections | Essays
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.
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