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The Grain of the Voice: Interviews 1962-1980
Roland Barthes
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Paperback. Translator(s): Coverdale, Linda. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 435.
This book brings together the great majority of Barthes’s interviews that originally appeared in French in Le Figaro Littéraire, Cahiers du Cinéma, France-Observateur, L'Express, and elsewhere. Barthes replied to questions―on the cinema, on his own works, on fashion, writing, and criticism―in his unique voice; here we have Barthes in conversation, speaking directly, with all his individuality. These interviews provide an insight into the rich, probing intelligence of one of the great and influential minds of our time.
This book brings together the great majority of Barthes’s interviews that originally appeared in French in Le Figaro Littéraire, Cahiers du Cinéma, France-Observateur, L'Express, and elsewhere. Barthes replied to questions―on the cinema, on his own works, on fashion, writing, and criticism―in his unique voice; here we have Barthes in conversation, speaking directly, with all his individuality. These interviews provide an insight into the rich, probing intelligence of one of the great and influential minds of our time.
Product Details
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810126404
SKU
V9780810126404
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About Roland Barthes
Roland Barthes (1915–1980) 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, ... Read more
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