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| Author | Roland Barthes |
|---|---|
| Original title | Mythologies |
| Translator | Annette Lavers |
| Language | French |
| Subjects | Semiotics Structuralism |
| Publisher | Les Lettres nouvelles |
Publication date | 1957 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1972 / 2012 |
Mythologies (French: Mythologies, lit. 'Mythologies') is a 1957 book by Roland Barthes. It is a collection of fifty-three essays first published from 1954 to 1956 in the French literary review Les Lettres nouvelles, examining the tendency of contemporary social value systems to create modern myths. In the book Barthes also examines the semiology of the process of myth creation itself, updating Ferdinand de Saussure's system of sign analysis by adding a second level where signs are elevated to the level of myth.
In 2012, Hill & Wang published a new English language edition of the book, Mythologies: The Complete Edition, in a New Translation, translated by Richard Howard (Part I: Mythologies) and Annette Lavers (Part II: Myth Today). [1]
- ^ Kirkus Reviews (1 January 2012). "Mythologies: The Complete Edition, in a New Translation". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 10 November 2024.