Roland Barthes, Phenomenon and Myth - An Intellectual Biography (Paperback)

From the polemical journalist of post-war France, through the academic death of the author theorist of the 60s, to the celebrated writer and intellectual of the '70s, this biography describes how an outsider to the academic and intellectual world became feted as one of France's most important post-war intellectual figures. This work sets out to find Barthes somewhere in the dialogue between the writer and his time. Starting from the beginning, the author attempts to explain the work by an earlier Barthes, suggesting influences and investigating the reception of his work along the way.