In the following essay, first published in 1988, Kritzman examines the relationship between language and desire in Barthes's theory, and traces an evolution in his thinking about the subject, c...
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“You see she looks like Madonna and child, no?” said the artist Eneas Capalbo. “No, really—it’s all about what the face inspires me to do, eh?”
Mr. Capalbo, now...
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