The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies

roland barthes richard howard

In this appealing and luminous collection of short essays, Roland Barthes examines the mundane and exposes hidden texts, causing the reader to look afresh at the famous landmark and symbol of Paris, and also at the Tour de France, the visit to Paris of Billy Graham, the flooding of the Seine—and other shared events and aspects of everyday experience.

Genres philosophyessaysnonfictiontheoryfranceurbanism20th centurymythologyliterary criticismhistory

155 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1970

This edition

Format: 155 pages, Paperback
Published: March 4, 1997 by University of California Press
ISBN: 9780520209824
ASIN: 0520209826
Language: English

About the author

roland barthes

Roland Barthes of France applied semiology, the study of signs and symbols, to literary and social criticism.

Ideas of Roland Gérard Barthes, a theorist, philosopher, and linguist, explored a diverse range of fields. He influenced the development of schools of theory, including design, anthropology, and poststructuralism.

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