A Lover's Discourse: Fragments - Softcover

Barthes, Roland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0374532311 ISBN 13: 9780374532314

Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub, 2010

Synopsis

A Lover''s Discourse, at its 1978 publication, was revolutionary: Roland Barthes made unprecedented use of the tools of structuralism to explore the whimsical phenomenon of love. Rich with references ranging from Goethe''s Werther to Winnicott, from Plato to Proust, from Baudelaire to Schubert, A Lover''s Discourse artfully draws a portrait in which every reader will find echoes of themselves.

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About the Authors

Roland Barthes (1915-1980) was a French cultural and literary critic, whose clever and lyrical writings on semiotics made structuralism one of the leading movements of the twentieth century. Barthes had a cult following and published seventeen books, including Camera Lucida, Mythologies, and A Lover's Discourse.

Richard Howard teaches in the School of the Arts at Columbia University, USA. He has also translated works by Barthes, Foucault and Todorov.

Wayne Koestenbaum is an American poet and cultural critic. He received a BA from Harvard University, an MA from Johns Hopkins University, and a PhD from Princeton University. He lives in New York City, where he is Distinguished Professor of English at the City University of New York Graduate Center. His books include Humiliation and My 1980s and Other Essays.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374532311
• ISBN 13: 9780374532314
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 234