Roland Barthes, Critique et verité [Criticism and Truth]

Graham Allen (University College Cork)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.07: French Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (Universidad de Antioquia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1966

Places

France (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Non-Fiction
- Commentary / Criticism (literary)

Resources

Critique et verité, translated into English as Criticism and Truth (trans. Katrine Pilcher Keuneman, intro. Philip Thody, London: The Athlone Press, 1987), is Barthes's response to Raymond Picard's Nouvelle critique ou nouvelle imposture (Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1965). Picard's text, translated as New Criticism or New Fraud? (trans. Frank Towne, Pullman: Washington State University Press, 1969), is a critique of Barthes's Sur Racine (Paris: Seuil, 1963) and Essais critiques (Paris: Seuil, 1964). The critical dispute between Barthes and Picard, which attracted responses from many other academics and commentators, drew attention to Barthes outside of France. Certainly, the “Quarrel” or �…

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Citation: Allen, Graham. "Critique et verité". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 20 September 2002 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=10344, accessed 04 December 2024.]

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