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Mythologies

Mythologies

by Roland Barthes

1957Social life and customsSemanticsJudgment (Logic)French essaysPopular culture
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First lines

The virtue of all-in wrestling is that it is the spectacle of excess.

About this book

"This new edition of MYTHOLOGIES is the first complete, authoritative English version of the French classic, Roland Barthes's most emblematic work"--

Themes & subjects

Social life and customsSemanticsJudgment (Logic)French essaysPopular cultureMythology
First published 1957

Setting

France

About the author

Roland Barthes
Roland Barthes

12 Nov 1915 – 26 Mar 1980

Roland Barthes (12 November 1915 - 26 March 1980) was a French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician.

Author

Roland Barthes

First published

1957

Pages

162

Read time

≈ 4h

Editions

26

Languages

English, French

Publisher

Éditions du Seuil

ISBN

9780785906650

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