Extended essays on such writers as Chateaubriand, La Rochefoucauld, Flaubert, and Proust constitute a meditation on the relation between literature and history and reflect Barthes's continuing interest in what he calls the responsibility of form
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Roland Barthes (19151980) was born in Normandy, raised in Paris, and was educated at the Sorbonne and Centre national de la recherche scientifique. His first book, "Mythologies, "about myths in popular culture, was published in 1957. He was a central figure in schools of theory including structuralism, semiotics, existentialism, social theory, Marxism, and post-structuralism. His works include "S/Z, Camera Lucida, "and the essay "The Death of the Author." Northwestern University Press is reissuing Barthes s" New Critical Essays "this season as well."
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