... "Shutout," actually, though I'm not sure what that means either. If he means that Sorrentino, though active till the end, was not reviewed in his last...
Subtropics 4 has a new Barth story "Assisted Living," which we're told is (along with the prior story 'Peeping Tom' from issue #1) from "The Development: 9...
In "Ambrose his mark" from Lost in the Funhouse, is it implied that Ambrose's father is in a mental hospital? How comes that in "Water-message" he runs a...
If you read through Ambrose His Mark, pay attention to the bees. I've argued in the past, that those bee's act in a very similar manner to the night sea ...
... Hector, principal of East Dorset School was committed to the Eastern Shore Asylum after his "mad invasion of the delivery room" and his "wild assertion, as...
... I've heard from the Subtropics/University of Florida that THE DEVELOPMENT will be published in late fall 08/winter 09. Also that Barth will be reading at...
hi, I am new on this group. I need some help from you. Does anybody have an electronic version of "the floating opera"? I did not find anything on the internet...
Hey all, two quick questions. One, approx how many pages is John Barth's "Night Sea Journey," i don't have my "LitFH" handy. Also, do you think it would be...
In reply to the second question I have to say that you need to know how liberal they are toward this matter. I wouldn't do it if I were in your shoes, because...
I think it would be great to teach, and I'm planning to teach some Barth to my year 10 students this year (equivalent of high school sophomores?). I wouldn't...
I have taught "Night-Sea Journey," as well as other Barth stories (sometimes all of LitF) to high school seniors at a small independent school in Danbury, CT,...
I found two interviews from Hopkins 'Contemporary Literature' journal that I'd never seen before. One from '81 and one from 2000. I added them to the...
HI to everybody! I'm reading an essay on JB's "Menelaid" and I need help with something; the writer says that <<The title pun suggests both Helen's promiscuity...
... I've never noticed that before, but yes - what the author is claiming is that it's a pun on "many laid" and "many layered," the latter of which, when you...
Thank you very much, Mark. Are you skeptical about that understanding of the title? ... ___________________________________________________________ Rise to the...
I suppose I am, though I probably shouldn't be. Intentional fallacies aside, I'd bet that if you asked Barth whether the title was supposed to be understood...
I just remembered there is also the "Bellerophoniad" / "phony": thing as well. "He is not, my Bellerophon, entirely phony, however: he is too earnest for that;...
Of course, the proper spelling of the story is "Menelaiad," which might render some of this speculation moot .... ... something; ... varied ... the pun......
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