In ‘The Death of the Author’ (1967), Barthes says that writers do not express themselves but rather draw from a ready-made dictionary whose words are only explained by other words, and so on indefinitely. Perhaps that’s where it started?
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Thank you! This does seem very close to what I had in mind. I read this Barthes essay in undergrad a long time ago, so maybe that's what I'm remembering. But in any case, this is helpful!
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