Food for Thought; Translated, with an Afterward, by Mette Hjort
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989. Hardcover. 273 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Drawing on the methodologies of semiology, philosophy of language, and literary and art criticism, Marin explores works by Rabelais, La Fontaine, Perrault, and the Logic of Port Royal. Throughout, he is concerned with the conceptualizations of desire and pleasure, justice and force, natural violence and political power - questioning their ideological as well as their symbolic base. Interior crisp and clean. Boards lightly toned to top edge. Dust wrapper clean. Covered in protective mylar. Purple cloth covered boards. Near fine, in near fine dust wrapper. Item #4308
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