... Later on, this odd theory of eugenics is explored further in Tidewater Tales....
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
Jan 2, 2008 7:15 pm
... 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...
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
Jan 3, 2008 7:00 pm
... 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...
Are you crazy? Here is not an Indian poetry group. anmolsaab <anmolsaab@...> wrote: Dosto Apni nayee rachannye bhej rahaa...
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Mal McCormack
malmc_y
Jan 22, 2008 10:20 am
Actually, I found that quite charming "M. Sedaghat Payam" <woolf_543@...> wrote: Are you crazy? Here is not an Indian poetry group. anmolsaab...
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ileanacapan
Jan 22, 2008 1:37 pm
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...
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
Jan 22, 2008 3:44 pm
Hello. See attached. Regards, Mark...
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James McKeogh
jhmckeogh
Feb 21, 2008 1:52 pm
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...
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
Feb 21, 2008 5:09 pm
... Eleven pages. ... In my opinion, a resounding Yes!...
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M. Sedaghat Payam
woolf_543
Feb 22, 2008 7:06 am
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...
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Blair Mahoney
blairrm
Feb 22, 2008 10:50 am
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...
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william.street42
william.stre...
Feb 22, 2008 7:04 pm
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,...
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
Mar 5, 2008 10:10 pm
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...
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florea cristina
tinaj1383
Mar 5, 2008 10:23 pm
This is absolutely great! May I have a pdf please? Thank you. Regards, Cristina Mark Brawner <mark.brawner@...> wrote: I...
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nicola_leporini
Mar 11, 2008 4:19 pm
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...
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
Mar 11, 2008 4:39 pm
... 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...
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Nicola Leporini
nicola_leporini
Mar 11, 2008 5:15 pm
Thank you very much, Mark. Are you skeptical about that understanding of the title? ... ___________________________________________________________ Rise to the...
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
Mar 11, 2008 5:22 pm
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...
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
Mar 11, 2008 5:29 pm
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;...
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Barbara Schmidt
barbstoo
Mar 11, 2008 5:48 pm
yes that; also at least husband Menelaus and JB's 'Dunyaziad'...
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Barbara Schmidt
barbstoo
Mar 11, 2008 5:57 pm
that should say 'Dunyazadiad'...
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william.street42
william.stre...
Mar 12, 2008 2:08 pm
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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Nicola Leporini
nicola_leporini
Mar 12, 2008 3:11 pm
Yes, I noticed it but the critic I was reading keeps on calling it "Menelaid";. How would you pronounce "Menelaiad" anyway? thanks ... ...
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bandini3383
Apr 18, 2008 1:30 pm
I'm working on a paper about somewhat canonical American postmodernist authors and their relationship to publishing houses. The paper's main question, I...
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Mal McCormack
malmc_y
Apr 23, 2008 11:01 am
Bandini... At some point Barth commits to paper his long experiences with his various publishers; quite frank and entertaining it is, too. I fancied it it was...
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
Apr 23, 2008 8:25 pm
... Which materials are those? And how well did they [Opera through Chimera] sell? Thankee, Mark...
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
Apr 23, 2008 8:26 pm
... The only thing I can think of is his discussion of Appleton Century Crofts in the Anchor preface to The Floating Opera. Did he really do an extended...
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agrimorfee
May 7, 2008 1:03 pm
I'm not sure which folks here would have an interest, but i am trying to drum up support for this competition. Let me add that I have no financial interest in...
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
May 17, 2008 1:37 pm
... From: Steven Moore <mooresteven@...> Date: Sat, May 17, 2008 at 5:34 AM Subject: eGad: forthcoming fall 08 To: gaddis-l@yahoogroups.com Not much to...
