Interdisciplinary Barthes /

Roland Barthes (1915-1980) is still considered one of the most significant figures of postwar French thought and remains central to anglophone cultural theory. He is read by academic researchers and students in modern languages, comparative literature, cultural studies, gender studies, media studies...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Knight, Diana (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2020.
Series:Proceedings of the British Academy ; 228.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Roland Barthes, an interdisciplinary subject / Diana Knight
  • Part I: Myths, History, and Images
  • Barthes's Frenchness / Philippe Roger
  • Barthes's myths of America / Jonathan Culler
  • The intelligible versus the real : Barthes's historiographical option / Stephen Bann
  • Time and space : Barthes and the discourse of history / Maria O'Sullivan
  • Barthes and the visibility turn : for a non-mimetic image / Éric Marty
  • Picturing Barthes : the photographic construction of authorship / Kathrin Yacavone
  • Part II: Religion, Philosophy, and Ethics
  • Barthes and religion / Michael Moriarty
  • Barthes and the lessons of ancient philosophy / Lucy O'Meara
  • Barthes and 'subtle forms of living' / Marielle Macé
  • 'A country free by default' : Barthes and the atmospheric experience of literature / Kris Pint
  • Barthes and insignificant music / François Noudelmann
  • Barthes and the emotions / Patrizia Lombardo
  • Part III: Writing, Criticism, and the Archive
  • Barthes and commissioned writing / Antoine Compagnon
  • Barthes's Menippean moment : creative criticism 1966-70 / Andy Stafford
  • From fichier to œuvre : Barthes and the 'Our Literature' Project / Claude Coste
  • Barthes, the desire to write, and the prevision of the work / Anne Herschberg Pierrot
  • Barthes's ordinary writing / Tiphaine Samoyault.