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Is not the most erotic part of the body wherever the clothing affords a glimpse?

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Roland Barthes
Age: 64 †
Born: 1915
Born: November 12
Died: 1980
Died: March 25
Diarist
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Literary Critic
Literary Scholar
Literary Theorist
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Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
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Roland Gérard Barthes
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