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Roland Barthes is a central figure in the study of language, literature, culture and the media. This book prepares readers for their first encounte... read full description

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Jan 17, 2011
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This series is quickly proving to be a godsend. Barthes is a theorist I've long been drawn to, but his subjects and approaches are so diverse and far-reaching that I've never been able to get a handle on the "larger picture." Graham Allen, whose other contribution to this series, Intertextuality, was one of the most pleasurable theory books I've ever read, provides an elegant and concise overview of Barthes's varied career as a writer and public intellectual, drawing subtle lines of More...
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