How to Read Theory

Roland Barthes is one of the most influential cultural theorists of the postwar period and Image-Music-Text collects his most influential essays. Ed White provides students with a clear guide to this essential but difficult text.

As students are increasingly expected to write across a range of media, Barthes'' work can be understood as an early mapping of what we now call interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary study. The book''s detailed section-by-section readings makes Barthes'' most important writings accessible to undergraduate readers.

This book is a perfect companion for teaching and learning Barthes'' ideas in cultural studies and literary theory.