Contributions

  • Barthes, Roland. - Contributor

Publication

1984 - J. Cape, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

43,000 words, Guess

Page Count

172 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100224022679
  • ISBN-139780224022675
  • LibraryThing113864
  • Goodreads2178661
  • Library of Congress Control Number87672205
and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCPN203 .B313x 1984
  • LCCP99

Alternate Titles

  • Writing degree zero.
  • Elements of semiology.

Description

Defines the nature of writing, as well as the historical, political and personal forces responsbile for the formal changes in writing from the classical period to the present. Ranging far beyond the confines of most literary criticism, this is an incisive analysis of language and speech, tone and style.

First Sentence

We know that a language is a corpus of prescriptions and habits common to all the writers of a period.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Writing degree zero ; &, Elements of semiologyJ. Cape1984

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