A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments
A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments by Roland Barthes is a thought-provoking exploration of the language of love, published by Penguin Books Ltd in 1990. This New Ed edition spans 240 pages and is presented in English. Barthes delves into the unique discourse that arises when one is in love, emphasizing that this language is often directed inward, addressing our own imaginations and desires rather than being spoken aloud.
Readers will find that Barthes revives the concept of the amorous subject, moving beyond traditional psychological frameworks. The text engages with a variety of influences, drawing on figures from Nietzsche to Zen, and presents an encyclopedic approach to the lover’s discourse. This work invites reflection on the nature of love and the solitude that accompanies it, making it relevant for both those who have experienced love and those who contemplate its meaning.
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The language we use when we are in love is not a language we speak, for it is addressed to ourselves and to our imaginary beloved. It is a language of solitude, of mythology, of what Barthes calls an ‘image repertoire’.
This book revives – beyond the psychological or clinical enterprises which have characterised such researches in our culture – the notion of the amorous subject. It will be enjoyed and understood by two groups of readers: those who have been in love (or think they have, which is the same thing), and those who have never been in love (or think they have not, which is the same thing). This book might be considered, in its restless search for authorities and examples, which range from Nietzsche to Zen, from Ruysbroek to Debussy, an encyclopaedia of that affirmative discourse which is the lover’s.
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