Genres: Poetry
Who is this book for? Readers interested in love, linguistics, and poetic discourse.
Topics Language of lovePhilosophy of languageLinguistic analysisDiscourse analysisEmotions in literatureCultural norms in relationshipsPsychology of loveLoveRomantic relationshipsRomantic poetry
RomanceCentral to the Plot
"Barthes's most popular and unusual performance as a writer is A Lover's Discourse, a writing out of the discourse of love. This language—primarily the complaints and reflections of the lover when alone, not exchanges of a lover with his or her partner—is unfashionable. Thought it is spoken by millions of people, diffused in our popular romances and television programs as well as in serious literature, there is no institution that explores, maintains, modifies, judges, repeats, and otherwise assumes responsibility for this discourse . . . Writing out the figures of a neglected discourse, Barthes surprises us in A Lover's Discourse by making love, in its most absurd and sentimental forms, an object of interest."—Jonathan Culler
Language
en
Published on
01/06/1979
Pages
224
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780374521615
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