Barthes Selected Writings

"The writings, which range from his earliest essay (on Gide) to 'Deliberations', published just before his untimely death in 1980, also include key essays from his major collections as well as extracts from his longer works, Writing degree Zero, On Racine, The Pleasure of the Text, Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes and A Lover's Discourse. Together they illustrate brilliantly the reason for Barthes's growing reputation as the leader of modern cultural and literary criticism." -- Book jacket.