A Barthes Reader |
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Author:
| Barthes, Roland |
Editor:
| Sontag, Susan |
ISBN: | 978-0-374-52144-8 |
Publication Date: | Jul 1983 |
Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Imprint: | Hill & Wang |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.