CRITIQUE ET VERITE

Barthes, Roland

Verlag: Éditions du Seuil, Paris, 1966

Inscribed first edition of this response to Racine scholar Raymond Picard's criticism, presented to French critic and journalist André Parinaud. CRITIQUE ET VERITE followed Picard's NOUVELLE CRITIQUE OU NOVELLE IMPOSTURE, itself a furious response to Barthe's 1963 SUR RACINE, collectively inciting what was known as the "Picard Affair." Publisher Philippe Sollers: "If we re-read what people wrote at the time, it's staggering! It's neither more nor less than demanding someone's death: [Barthes] should have his head chopped off, quick as you can, and how dare he come along and disturb our little habits.!" Other academics and journalists rapidly took sides, aligned along political lines. "There followed a lengthy press campaign, and it was amazingly relentless. It was open warfare, right from the start. In any case, literature IS war. What else could it be? You tell me! Barthes was fully aware of the fact. Literature is war" (Sollers). 7.25'' x 5''. Original printed cream wrappers bordered in brown. Collection "Tel Quel." 78, [2] pages. Inscribed in pen on half-title page "à André Parinaud, / en souvenir cordial / R Barthes." Original belly band and publisher's advertising inserts laid in. Faint edgewear, light soil and foxing to wrappers. Bright. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 52519

Bibliografische Details

Titel: CRITIQUE ET VERITE
Verlag: Éditions du Seuil, Paris
Erscheinungsdatum: 1966
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Very good plus.
Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers
Auflage: First printing.