Synopses & Reviews
The Rustle of Language is a collection of forty-five essays, written between 1967 and 1980, on language, literature, and teachingthe pleasure of the textin an authoritative translation by Richard Howard.
About the Author
Roland Barthes was born in 1915 and studied French literature and classics at the University of Paris. After teaching French at universities in Rumania and Egypt, he joined the Centre de Recherche Scientifique, where he devoted himself to research in sociology and lexicology. He was a professor at the Collège de France until his death in 1980.