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Highlights
- These essays, as selected and translated by Stephen Heath, are among the finest writings Barthes ever published on film and photography, and on the phenomena of sound and image.
- About the Author: Roland Barthes was born in 1915 and studied French literature and the classics at the University of Paris.
- 240 Pages
- Literary Criticism, Semiotics & Theory
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Book Synopsis
These essays, as selected and translated by Stephen Heath, are among the finest writings Barthes ever published on film and photography, and on the phenomena of sound and image. The classic pieces "Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Narrative" and "The Death of the Author" are also included.
Review Quotes
"The dominant perspective of the thirteen essays collected in Image-Music-Text is semiology. Barthes extends the 'empire of signs' over film and photography, music criticism . . . and writing and reading as historically situated activities. Several essays are frankly didactic. They review and expand the domain of a certain terminology: interpretive codes, narrational systems, functions and indices, denotation and connotation. Yet those impatient with special terms will not mind too much, for where else do they get, under the same cover, Beethoven and 'Goldfinger, ' the Bible and 'Double Bang à Bangkok'? . . . Barthes is technical without being heavy, and a professional without ceasing to be an amateur. His precise yet fluent prose treats personal insight and systematic concepts with equal courtesy." --Geoffrey Hartman, The New York Times Book Review
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.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.27 Inches (W) x .65 Inches (D)
Weight: .59 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 240
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: Semiotics & Theory
Publisher: Hill & Wang
Format: Paperback
Author: Roland Barthes
Language: English
Street Date: July 1, 1978
TCIN: 77025941
UPC: 9780374521363
Item Number (DPCI): 247-27-7072
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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