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S/Z: An Essay

by Roland Barthes

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ISBN13: 9780374521677
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Preface by Richard Howard. Translated by Richard Miller. This is Barthes's scrupulous literary analysis of Balzac's short story "Sarrasine."
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Roland Barthes was born in 1915 and studied French literature and the classics at the University of Paris. After teaching French at universities in Romania and Egypt, he joined the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, where he devoted himself to research in sociology and lexicology. He was a professor at the College de France until his death in 1980.
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ISBN:
9780374521677
Subtitle:
An Essay
Translator:
Howard, Richard
Author:
Barthes, Roland
Author:
Miller, Richard
Author:
Howard, Richard
Publisher:
Hill & Wang
Subject:
Literature
Subject:
History, criticism and surveys
Subject:
Theory
Subject:
European - French
Subject:
Semiotics & Theory
Subject:
Sociolinguistics
Subject:
Semiotics
Subject:
Balzac, Honore de
Edition Number:
1
Edition Description:
American
Publication Date:
January 1975
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
576
Dimensions:
840x549x87 81
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