John Barth : the comic sublimity of paradox

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John Barth : the comic sublimity of paradox

Jac Tharpe ; with a preface by Harry T. Moore

(Arcturus books, AB 139)(Crosscurrents : modern critiques / Harry T. Moore, general editor)

Southern Illinois University Press , Feffer & Simons, 1977, c1974

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"First published, November 1974. Arcturus books edition September 1977"--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. 121-124

Includes index

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John Barth is an amazingly versatile novelist who has attempted every imaginable fictional genre from word games to a tale told by a computer. Jac Tharpe s brilliant analysis is the first and only comprehensive study to date to attempt to chart Barth s philosophical, comic, and stylistic development.Ranging through the entire corpus of Barth s work"The Floating Opera," " The End of the Road," "The Sot-Weed Factor," " Giles Goat-Boy," " Lost in the Funhouse," " "and "Chimera"Tharpe assesses Barth s achievement as a completely intellectual yet marvelously carnal comic writer. Especially valuable is his investigation of Barth s language and artistic technique."

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