{"product_id":"barthes-a-very-short-introduction","title":"Barthes: A Very Short Introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis acclaimed short study, originally published in 1983, and now thoroughly updated, elucidates the varied theoretical contributions of Roland Barthes (1915-80), the 'incomparable enlivener of the literary mind', whose lifelong fascination was with the way people make their world intelligible. He has a multi-faceted claim to fame: to some he is the structuralist who outlined a 'science of literature', and the most prominent promoter of semiology; and to others, he stands not for science but pleasure, espousing a theory of literature which gives the reader a creative role. This book describes the many projects, which Barthes explored and which helped to change the way we think about a range of cultural phenomena - from literature, fashion, wrestling, and advertising, to notions of the self, of history, and of nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e Published: in UK in 2002\u003cbr\u003e Publisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e Pages: 144\u003cbr\u003e Language: English\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 13: 9780192801593\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 10: 0192801597\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Culler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39321924599911,"sku":"","price":10.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/products\/0192801597.jpg?v=1619099160","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/barthes-a-very-short-introduction","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}