In the canon
Myth Today
Roland Barthes
- Form
- Form Essay
- Year
- Year 1957
- Originally in
- Originally in French
- Pages
- Pages 30
An essayist argues that everyday images and stories quietly strip out their own history and politics and dress themselves up as plain, innocent nature, so a culture's own choices start to feel like simple fact.
Myth is a type of speech.
The blurb, the gist, the why of the day and the work itself are in the app. The first button needs it on this device; the second gets it there.