Compare A Barthes Reader by Roland Barthes, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

'A Barthes Reader' gives one the image of Barthes as one of the great public teachers of our time, someone who thought out, argued for, and made available several steps in a penetrating reflection on language sign systems, texts- and what they have to tell us about the concept of being human. Susan Sontag's prefatory essay is one of her finest acts of criticism, informed by intellectual sympathy and a sure sense of the contours of the mind she is describing'. | A Barthes Reader by Roland Barthes, Paperback | Indigo Chapters