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S/Z: An Essay

by Roland Barthes

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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 and Wang
Subject:
Literature
Subject:
History, criticism and surveys
Subject:
Theory
Subject:
European - French
Subject:
Semiotics & Theory
Subject:
Sociolinguistics
Subject:
Semiotics
Subject:
Balzac, Honore de
Subject:
European
Subject:
Literary Criticism : General
Copyright:
1975
Edition Number:
1
Edition Description:
Trade Paperback
Publication Date:
19750101
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8.40x5.49x.87 in. .81 lbs.
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