The new criticism paid attention to the way form shaped meaning yet I am unsure what "form" constitued. According to Prof. Doane, Barthes opposed the new criticism because of the fact that he believed there existed a difference between text and work. I assume then that the new criticism's idea of form=Barthes' idea of work. It would seem that with the presence of a tangible object, the new criticism believed an analysis would follow. On the other hand, Barthes disputed such a notion, believing that set objects have set, yet general and public definitions. Barthes therefore argued for the importance of the "text" as everything it encompassed had meaning up for readers' interpretations. If a text is not tangible, however, how does a reader access it? Through what sense does a reader understand such a text? And, if a text is always up for analysis, is any one text available to multiple readers?