Interactive bibliography features links to a retailer supplying English and French editions of Barthes' books.

Furnishes biographical information and an overview of Barthes' developing theories, and his impact on other thinkers of his time.

Read about the work of the French literary critic, including which movements he identified with.

Literary database highlights the life history of this French purveyor of structuralist philosophy. Find a definition of semiotics.

Asks the question of whether the narrative of history, bounded by the standards of rational exposition, differs at all from imaginary narration.

Read an excerpt comparing the Eiffel Tower with the Tower of Babel, followed by a brief profile of the author.

Comprehensive critical text discusses the theoretical issues associated with Barthes' "Mythologies."