{"product_id":"roland-barthes-and-film-myth-eroticism-and-poetics-paperback","title":"Roland Barthes and Film: Myth, Eroticism and Poetics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick Ffrench\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLúcia Nagib\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTiago de Luca\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuspicious of what he called the spectator's \"sticky\" adherence to the screen, Roland Barthes had a cautious attitude towards cinema. Falling into a hypnotic trance, the philosopher warned, an audience can become susceptible to ideology and \"myth\". In this book, Patrick Ffrench explains that although Barthes was wary of film, he engaged deeply with it. Barthes' thought was, Ffrench argues, punctuated by the experience of watching films - and likewise his philosophy of photography, culture, semiotics, ethics and theatricality have been immensely important in film theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFocusing particularly on the essays 'The Third Meaning' and 'On Leaving the Cinema' and the acclaimed book \u003ci\u003eCamera Lucida\u003c\/i\u003e, Ffrench examines Barthes' writing and traces a persistent interest in films and directors, from Fellini and Antonioni, to Eisenstein, the Marx Brothers and Hitchcock. Ffrench explains that although Barthes found pleasure in \"leaving the cinema\" - disconnecting from its dangerous allure by a literal exit or by forcefully breaking the trance - he found value in returning to the screen anew. Barthes delved beneath the pull of progressing narrative and the moving image by becoming attentive to space and material aesthetics. This book presents an invaluable reassessment of one of the most original and subtle thinkers of the twentieth-century: a figure indebted to the movies.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick ffrench is Professor of French at King's College London, where he teaches modern French literature and thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51790455603488,"sku":"9781350191372","price":80.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/350f3eb05d8f448015d29a1f79bd0a56.webp?v=1780677296","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/roland-barthes-and-film-myth-eroticism-and-poetics-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}