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082			_a808.02 BAR
100			_aBarthes,Roland.
245			_aWriting degree zero _c/Roland Barthes
260			_aNew York _b:Hill and Wang _c,1978
300			_axxi,88p. _c;18cm
520			_a"Is there any such thing as revolutionary literature? Can literature, in fact, be political at all? These are the questions Roland Barthes addresses in Writing Degree Zero, his first published book and a landmark in his oeuvre. The debate had engaged the European literary community since the 1930s; with this fierce manifesto, Barthes challenged the notion of literature's obligation to be socially committed. Yes, Barthes allows, the writer has a political and ethical responsibility. But the history of French literature shows that the writer has often failed to meet it--and from Barthes's perspective, literature is committed to little more than the myth of itself. Expert and uncompromising, Writing Degree Zero introduced the themes that would soon establish Barthes as one of the leading voices in literary criticism."
650			_aLiterature
655			_afrench Literature _bHistory and criticism.
700			_aAnnette Lavers(Translator)
700			_aColin Smith(Translator)
942			_cRBK
999			_c67233 _d67233