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The Pleasure of the Text

1973 essay by Roland Barthes
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The Pleasure of the Text

Summary

The Pleasure of the Text is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Pleasure of the Text authored Roland Barthes[3].
  • The Pleasure of the Text's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Pleasure of the Text's instance of is recorded as monograph[5].
  • The Pleasure of the Text was published by Éditions du Seuil[6].
  • The Pleasure of the Text's genre is hermeneutics[7].
  • The Pleasure of the Text's genre is essay[8].
  • The Pleasure of the Text's language of work or name is recorded as French[9].
  • The Pleasure of the Text's country of origin is recorded as France[10].
  • The Pleasure of the Text was released on +1973-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • The Pleasure of the Text's has edition or translation is recorded as Le Plaisir du Texte[12].
  • The Pleasure of the Text's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Le Plaisir du Texte'}[13].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Pleasure of the Text authored Roland Barthes[3]. It was published by Éditions du Seuil[6].

Publication

The Pleasure of the Text was published on +1973-00-00T00:00:00Z[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as French[9]. Genres include hermeneutics[7] and essay[8].

Why It Matters

The Pleasure of the Text ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

France hermeneutics literary work Roland Barthes

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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