Description
Preface by Richard Howard. Translated by Richard Miller. This is Barthes's scrupulous literary analysis of Balzac's short story Sarrasine.
Author: Roland Barthes
Publisher: Hill & Wang
Published: 01/01/1975
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780374521677
ISBN10: 0374521670
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics | Sociolinguistics
- Literary Criticism | European | French
About the Author
Roland Barthes was born in 1915 and studied French literature and the 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 College de France until his death in 1980.