Author: Bensmaia, Reda
Title: The Barthes Effect: The Essay as Reflective Text
Description: Minneapolis, Univ. of Minnesota Press, (1987). orig. cloth. xxxi,122 pp,, 23x15cm, Series: Theory & History of Literature, Volume 54. Translation by Pat Fedkiew.. Some light stains to binding. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Introduction: The "Reflective" Text; The Logic of the " Sufficient Word" in the Montaignian Essay"; From the "Sufficient Word" to the "Mana-Word"; Gestures of the Idea: The Logic of Intellectual Objects; The Three Entrances; The Problem of the Essayistic Text's "Constitution"; The Structural Reflex; The Essay as an Intensive System; The "Third Meaning"; Forced Movement & Generic Conflagration; The Book fo the Self: Tactics Without Strategy; A New Reading Space; The Essay: A "Consideration of Ethics"; Reflection Generalized; "Oh, a Friend!"; Coming to a Close; Appendix: The Essay.

Keywords: Literary Criticism, Michel de Montaigne, French Literature, Essay Essays, Critical Theory, Roland Barthes, , ,