Deliberations: The Journals of Roland Barthes

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Deliberations: The Journals of Roland Barthes by , Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781351805551
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: November 8, 2018
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781351805551
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: November 8, 2018
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

‘I’ve never kept a journal’, Roland Barthes declared in 1979, ‘ – or, rather, I’ve never known if I should keep one’. The form itself, he continued, was inferior and ‘unnecessary’, a ‘minor mania of writing’. Barthes died months making this statement, and the years since then have revealed that he had actually been concealing a fondness for diary-writing. The publication in 1985 of Incidents brought to light an intimate journal entitled ‘Soirées de Paris’, while 2009 saw the appearance of two much longer diaries kept by Barthes following the death of his mother in 1977 and during a trip to China in 1974, respectively. Further journals lie in the archive, unpublished and largely unseen; it is not clear if these will ever enter the public domain.

This collection, which brings together some of the most prominent scholars in the field, considers the present implications of Roland Barthes’ journals. How do these diaries invite us to reconsider aspects of Barthes’ work which have become familiar through his reception as one of the twentieth century’s most influential literary and cultural critics? What do they allow us to see for the first time? What is their relation to the works whose appearance Barthes authorised during his lifetime? Where and how do they fit in his oeuvre? How do they relate to each other across moment and mood? Why might they call for deliberations? This book was originally published as a special issue of Textual Practice.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

‘I’ve never kept a journal’, Roland Barthes declared in 1979, ‘ – or, rather, I’ve never known if I should keep one’. The form itself, he continued, was inferior and ‘unnecessary’, a ‘minor mania of writing’. Barthes died months making this statement, and the years since then have revealed that he had actually been concealing a fondness for diary-writing. The publication in 1985 of Incidents brought to light an intimate journal entitled ‘Soirées de Paris’, while 2009 saw the appearance of two much longer diaries kept by Barthes following the death of his mother in 1977 and during a trip to China in 1974, respectively. Further journals lie in the archive, unpublished and largely unseen; it is not clear if these will ever enter the public domain.

This collection, which brings together some of the most prominent scholars in the field, considers the present implications of Roland Barthes’ journals. How do these diaries invite us to reconsider aspects of Barthes’ work which have become familiar through his reception as one of the twentieth century’s most influential literary and cultural critics? What do they allow us to see for the first time? What is their relation to the works whose appearance Barthes authorised during his lifetime? Where and how do they fit in his oeuvre? How do they relate to each other across moment and mood? Why might they call for deliberations? This book was originally published as a special issue of Textual Practice.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Passionate Readers by
Cover of the book Wickedness by
Cover of the book Creating the Coding Generation in Primary Schools by
Cover of the book Sacraments, Ceremonies and the Stuart Divines by
Cover of the book Handbook of Polytomous Item Response Theory Models by
Cover of the book The Logic of Internationalism by
Cover of the book Routledge Revivals: Turkic Oral Epic Poetry (1992) by
Cover of the book Towards 2000 by
Cover of the book Financial Cooperatives and Local Development by
Cover of the book The Routledge Handbook of Accounting in Asia by
Cover of the book Eighteenth Century Economics by
Cover of the book Helping Your Pupils to Communicate Effectively and Manage Conflict by
Cover of the book Competitive Manufacturing by
Cover of the book Pragmatics and Natural Language Understanding by
Cover of the book Perspectives in Sociology by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy