Mourning Diary: October 26, 1977 - September 15, 1979 - Rilegato

Barthes, Roland; Leger, Nathalie

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ISBN 10: 080906233X ISBN 13: 9780809062331

Casa editrice: Hill & Wang Pub, 2010

Riassunto

A major discovery: The lost diary of a great mind—and an intimate, deeply moving study of grief

The day after his mother's death in October 1977, the influential philosopher Roland Barthes began a diary of mourning. Taking notes on index cards as was his habit, he reflected on a new solitude, on the ebb and flow of sadness, and on modern society's dismissal of grief. These 330 cards, published here for the first time, prove a skeleton key to the themes he tackled throughout his work. Behind the unflagging mind, "the most consistently intelligent, important, and useful literary critic to have emerged anywhere" (Susan Sontag), lay a deeply sensitive man who cherished his mother with a devotion unknown even to his closest friends.

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ROLAND BARTHES was born in 1915. A French literary theorist, philosopher, and critic, he influenced the development of schools of theory, including structuralism, semiotics, existentialism, social theory, Marxism, and post-structuralism. He died in 1980.

Roland Barthes was born in 1915. A French literary theorist, philosopher, and critic, he influenced the developement of various schools of theory, including structuralism, semiotics, existentialism, social theory, Marxism, and post-structuralism. He died in 1980.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Hill & Wang Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 080906233X
• ISBN 13: 9780809062331
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 260
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