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The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies

The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies
Roland Barthes Original title La Tour Eiffel (French, 1979)

The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies is a collection of essays by the French literary theorist Roland Barthes. It is a companion volume to his earlier book, Mythologies, and follows the same format of a series of short essays which explore a range of cultural phenomena, from the Tour de France to laundry detergents.

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