"The autobiographical pieces of "Incidents" give us a new Barthes: not the famous writer who happens to be a gay man, but the gay man who happens to be a famous writer. This is the other face of fame: bravely endured "soirees parisiennes" during which the aging gay celebrity is constantly surrounded and almost never desired. D. A. Miller's brilliantly militant essay relieves us of the embarrassment such images might cause us. . . . His critical "memoires d'outre tombe" should make it impossible for us ever again to ignore ...
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"The autobiographical pieces of "Incidents" give us a new Barthes: not the famous writer who happens to be a gay man, but the gay man who happens to be a famous writer. This is the other face of fame: bravely endured "soirees parisiennes" during which the aging gay celebrity is constantly surrounded and almost never desired. D. A. Miller's brilliantly militant essay relieves us of the embarrassment such images might cause us. . . . His critical "memoires d'outre tombe" should make it impossible for us ever again to ignore discreetly Barthes's homosexuality when we speak of his strength."--Leo Bersani, author of "The Culture of Redemption"
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