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"The Rustle of Language" is a collection of forty-five essays, written between 1967 and 1980, on language, literature, and teaching--the pleasure of the text--in an authoritative translation by Richard Howard.
| ISBN | 0520066294 | | Pages | 382 | | ISBN13 | 9780520066298
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton | | Weight (grammes) | 514 | | Imprint | University of California Press | | Language | English | | Format | Paperback | | Published in | CA | | Publication date | 18 Jan 1989 | | Height (mm) | 229 | | Translator | Howard, Richard | | Width (mm) | 152 | | Library of Congress | P49.B3513 | | Spine width (mm) | 22 | | DEWEY | 801.4 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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"In "The Rustle of Language, the typically Barthesian texture of the writing makes itself felt. That texture--delightful to many of us--is composed of the mutual jostling of many (often mutually incompatible) registers of discourse. Linguistics, literature, philosophy, . . . history, semantics, Marxism--these are only the commonest of the many categories that organize Barthes' thinking. . . . In all of these essays, the briskness and liveliness of Barthes's style makes the work interesting."--Helen Vendler, "New York Review of Books  Be the first to write a customer review
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