Criticism and Truth

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8264-9474-0
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc

Buch, Englisch, 96 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 100 g

Reihe: Classic Criticism

Criticism and Truth is a brilliant discussion of the language of literary criticism and a key work in the Barthes canon
- Recently published as an Impact edition, reissuing this key critical text in the new 'Classic Criticism' series will increase its appeal for the literary studies market
- This edition includes a foreword by Philip Thody explaining the context of the intellectual debates in the 1960s which inspired Barthes's polemical response to his critics and Background Notes providing an introduction to key people discussed in the text

Roland Barthes (1915-1980) was a major French writer, literary theorist and critic of French culture and society. His classic works include Mythologies and Camera Lucida. Criticism and Truth is a brilliant discussion of the language of literary criticism and a key work in the Barthes canon. It is a cultural, linguistic and intellectual challenge to those who believe in the clarity, flexibility and neutrality of language, couched in Barthes' own inimitable and provocative style.

Zielgruppe

Academics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barthes, Roland

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturkritik: Hermeneutik und Interpretation
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Französische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Preface to English-language edition
Criticism and Truth
Part I
Part II
Part III
Notes
Background notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Roland Barthes (1915-1980) was a major French writer, literary theorist and critic of French culture and society.

Katrine Pilcher Keuneman is Senior Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Philip Thody was formerly Professor of French Literature at Leeds University