The Rustle of Language is a collection of forty-five essays, written between 1967 and 1980, on language, literature, and teaching—the pleasure of the text—in an authoritative translation by Richard Howard. From science to literature—To write : an intransitive verb? — Reflections on a manual—Writing reading—On reading—Freedom to write—The death of the author—From work to text—Mythology today—Research : the young—The rustle of language—Rhetorical analysis—Style and its image—Pax Culturalis—The war of languages—The division of languages—The discourse of history—The reality effect—Writing the event—Revelation—A magnificent gift—Why I love Benveniste—Kristeva's Semeiotike—The return of the poetician—To learn and to teach—Cayrol and erasure—Bloy—Michelet, today—Michelet's modernity—Brecht and discourse: a contribution to the study of discursivity—F.B. — The Baroque side—What becomes of the signifier—Outcomes of the text—Reading Brillat-Savarin—An idea of research—Longtemps, je me suis couche de bonne heure ... — Preface to Renaud Camus' Tricks—One always fails in speaking of what one loves—Writers, intellectuals, teachers—To the seminar—The indictment periodically lodged ... — Learning the movie theater—The image—Deliberation