, translated into English as

(trans. Katrine Pilcher Keuneman, intro. Philip Thody, London: The Athlone Press, 1987), is Barthes's response to Raymond Picard's

(Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1965). Picard's text, translated as

(trans. Frank Towne, Pullman: Washington State University Press, 1969), is a critique of Barthes's

(Paris: Seuil, 1963) and

(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 “the Picard Affair”, as it has been called occurred at a time just before Barthes became…

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Citation: Allen, Graham. "Critique et verité". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 20 September 2002 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=10344, accessed 23 November 2024.]