16 October 2010

He Said She Said

"Whatever its sophistication, style has always something crude about it." - Roland Barthes (1915 – 1980)

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  1. i am glad. as you know there is something crude about nature itself.
    -precious orchid - remember me?

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  2. Dear Precious Orchid: Of course I remember you! Welcome back to commenting on the blog.

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  3. i've always found mr Barthes's theorising a tad hard to get a grip of, despite its seeming lucidity? much harder than, say, Foucault's, or Lyotard's.

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