Elements of Semiology (Barthes Roland)(Paperback)

Elements of Semiology (Barthes Roland)(Paperback)

In his Course in General Linguistics, first published in 1916, Saussure postulated the existence of a general science of signs, or Semiology, of which linguistics would form only one part. Semiology, therefore aims to take in any system of signs, whatever their substance and limits; images,

Roland Barthes Reader (Barthes Roland)(Paperback / softback)

An introduction to the thinking of the French intellectual, Roland Barthes, as applied to such diverse topics as Gide, Garbo, striptease, photography and the Eiffel Tower. The pieces in this collection were written over a period of three

Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes (Barthes Roland)(Paperback / softback)

The only autobiography by the great Roland Barthes, philosopher, literary theorist and semiotician. This is the autobiography of one of the greatest minds of the twentieth

Roland Barthes (Barthes Roland)(Paperback)

First published in 1977, Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes is the great literary theorist's most original work--a brilliant and playful text, gracefully combining the personal and the theoretical to reveal Roland Barthes's tastes, his childhood, his education, his passions and

Introducing Barthes: A Graphic Guide (Thody Philip)(Paperback)

Introducing Barthes brilliantly elucidates Roland Barthes application of semiotics to literature, popular culture, clothes, and fashion, and explains why his thinking in this area made him a key figure in the structuralist movement of the

Roland Barthes o Rolandu Barthesovi - Roland Barthes

Roland Barthes o Rolandu Barthesovi je klíčovou prací Barthesova středního období. Sestává se ze sledu stylizovaných biografických fragmentů, ve kterých se úvahy o vlastní subjektivitě a tělesnosti prolínají s teoretickým myšlením. Vymezuje se zde tak oblast psaní a

Fashion System (Barthes Roland)(Paperback / softback)

Fashion never ceases to interest psychologists, aestheticians and sociologists. Roland Barthes, however, examined fashion from a new point of view. In his endeavour to confine his love, outrage and passion for fashion to a system, Barthes created a work of literature that is witty, humane, personal

Mythologies: The Complete Edition, in a New Translation (Barthes Roland)(Paperback)

No denunciation without its proper instrument of close analysis, Roland Barthes wrote in his preface to Mythologies. There is no more proper instrument of analysis of our contemporary myths than this book--one of the most significant works in French theory, and one that has transformed the way

Barthes: A Very Short Introduction (Culler Jonathan)(Paperback)

Roland Barthes was the leading figure of French Structuralism, the theoretical movement of the 1960s which revolutionized the study of literature and culture, as well as history and psychoanalysis. But Barthes was a man who disliked orthodoxies. His shifting positions and theoretical interests make

A Lover's Discourse: Fragments (Barthes Roland)(Paperback)

A Lover's Discourse, at its 1978 publication, was revolutionary: Roland Barthes made unprecedented use of the tools of structuralism to explore the whimsical phenomenon of love. Rich with references ranging from Goethe's Werther to Winnicott, from Plato to Proust, from Baudelaire to Schubert, A

Image Music Text (Barthes Roland)(Paperback / softback)

Mythologies (Barthes Roland)(Paperback / softback)

'Barthes' purpose is to tear away masks and demystify the signs, signals and symbols of the language of mass culture' The TimesIn this magnificent and often surprising collection of essays Barthes explores the myths of mass

Album: Unpublished Correspondence and Texts (Barthes Roland)(Paperback)

Album provides an unparalleled look into Roland Barthes's life of letters. It presents a selection of correspondence, from his adolescence in the 1930s through the height of his career and up to the last years of his life, covering such topics as friendships, intellectual adventures, politics, and

How to Live Together: Novelistic Simulations of Some Everyday Spaces (Barthes Roland)(Paperback)

In The Preparation of the Novel, a collection of lectures delivered at a defining moment in Roland Barthes's career (and completed just weeks before his death), the critic spoke of his struggle to discover a different way of writing and a new approach to life. The Neutral preceded this work,

Camera Lucida - Reflections on Photography (Barthes Roland)(Paperback / softback)

Examining the themes of presence and absence, the relationship between photography and theatre, history and death, these 'reflections on photography' begin as an investigation into the nature of photographs. Then, as Barthes contemplates a photograph of his mother as a child, the book becomes an

Deník smutku - Roland Barthes

Matka byla v životě spisovatele a filozofa Rolanda Barthese tou nejdůležitější postavou. Den po její smrti, 25. října 1977, si začal vést Deník smutku. Psal jej perem, někdy tužkou, na papírové lístky (papír rozstříhaný na čtvrtiny), které potřeboval mít neustále na

Lover's Discourse - Fragments (Barthes Roland)(Paperback / softback)

An ecstatic celebration of love and language' Washington PostThe language we use when we are in love is not a language we

Mytologie - Roland Barthes

Mytologie jsou jedním z nejvýznamnějších Barthesových děl. Úvodní část tvoří řada krátkých a snad až překvapivě zábavných, ovšem mimořádně dobře propracovaných úvah o některých dobových aspektech konzumní společnosti (wrestling, astrologie, kuchařské recepty v

The Currency of Empire (Barth Jonathan)(Paperback)

In The Currency of Empire, Jonathan Barth explores the intersection of money and power in the early years of North American history, and he shows how the control of money informed English imperial action overseas.The export-oriented mercantile economy promoted by the English Crown, Barth argues,

Ascent (Smith Roland)(Paperback)

In this thrilling climbing adventure from bestselling author Roland Smith, summiting one of the most isolated mountains in the world may be the easiest thing Peak does.After conquering the mountains in Afghanistan, Peak Marcello goes to Myanmar, a country that has been in the grips of a brutal

From These Broken Streets (Merullo Roland)(Paperback)

Roland Merullo, bestselling author of Once Night Falls, returns with a galvanizing historical novel of Nazi-occupied Naples and the rage and resistance of a people under siege.Italy, 1943. The Nazi occupation has cemented its grip on the devastated city of Naples.Giuseppe DiPietra, a curator in the

Dogmatics in Outline (Barth Karl)(Paperback)

Barth stands before us as the greatest theologian of the twentieth century, yet the massive corpus of work which he left behind, the multi volume Church Dogmatics, can seem daunting and formidable to readers today. Fortunately his Dogmatics in Outline first published in English in 1949, contains in

The Elements of Theatrical Expression (Kulick Brian)(Paperback)

The Elements of Theatrical Expression puts forward 14 essential elements that make up the basic building blocks of theatre. Is theatre a language? Does it have its own unique grammar? And if so, just what would the elements of such a grammar be? Brian Kulick asks readers to think of these elements

Elements of Physical Chemistry (Atkins Peter)(Paperback)

Elements of Physical Chemistry has been carefully developed to help students increase their confidence when using physics and mathematics to answer fundamental questions about the structure of molecules, how chemical reactions take place, and why materials behave the way they do. Featuring an