Barthes: a biography

Foreword / by Jonathan Culler -- Prologue : the death of Roland Barthes -- Introduction -- Setting off -- 'Gochokissime' -- His whole life ahead of him -- Barthes and Gide -- His whole life behind him -- New vistas -- Sorties -- Barthes and Sartre -- Scenes -- Structures -- Literature -- Events -- Barthes and Sollers -- The body -- Legitimacy -- Barthes and Foucault -- Heartbreak -- 'Vita Nova'.