A Barthes Reader

by Roland Barthes

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374521441
• ISBN13: 9780374521448
• Release Date: July 1983
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 495 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

On the subject of Stupidity

See the above entry for an example of one of Barthes' favoured subjects: Stupidity.

XXX Barthes Topless! XXX

see the premier semiotician take it a l l off to such hits as "Hot To Handle", "Back That Azz Up", and "Flesh for Fantasy"! Roland, show that money-makin bacon! Yeeuh boyee!