false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173532064m/300818.jpg 300818 11 <div>In his first book, French critic Roland Barthes defines the complex nature of writing, as well as the social, historical, political, and personal forces responsible for the formal changes in writing from the classical period to recent times.<br></div> 2184341 1953 Writing Degree Zero total:148|5:45|4:57|3:35|2:9|1:2| 148 578 237 9 4 0 false false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 05:20:38 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 19:43:40 -0800 2009 I believe this is the earliest Barthes there is, certainly that I've read, but his ideas and methods are basically fully-formed if surprisingly conventional (maybe cuz it's about novels and poetry and his studies here are/were deeper as the tradition would allow than his later investigati...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Tue Oct 30 22:13:57 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 22:14:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Nov 26 09:59:49 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 10:18:15 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 09:17:48 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 10 11:43:45 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 22:32:13 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 22:33:56 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue May 06 14:33:18 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 14:41:10 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri May 16 21:04:22 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 21:05:03 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sat Jul 05 22:47:11 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 22:47:11 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Feb 27 19:01:26 -0800 2008 Tue Jun 17 14:31:59 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Nov 28 07:34:36 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 07:34:36 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 24 12:56:55 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 16:55:55 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Nov 19 17:41:49 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 17:41:49 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 22:26:35 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 22:26:35 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Nov 09 19:22:13 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 19:22:13 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 09 02:19:01 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 02:19:06 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Thu Oct 29 07:00:33 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 07:00:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Thu Oct 15 07:46:11 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 07:46:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:08:51 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 00:08:51 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Oct 10 06:48:19 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 06:48:19 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Oct 05 17:03:43 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 17:03:43 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=300818