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......
I'm working on a paper about somewhat canonical American postmodernist authors and their relationship to publishing houses. The paper's main question, I...
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...
... 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...
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...
... 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...
This is a weirdly structured article, but the two salient paragraphs are: "The Persian translation of Barth's book "The Floating Opera" released by the Qoqnus...
Hi Mark Thanks a lot for the link. I have seen this translation and honestly speaking I believe it is just awful. I wonder how they have decided to give its...
My name is Monica and I am from Romania. Please, can someone send me Lost in the Funhouse, I have studied some excerpts and I like it very much! All the best! ...
(if it is not a tactless question) Can I ask you if J B relly has - or had a twin sister? The allusions look quite real in the books I am reading now -The last...
Yeah he has a twin brother or sister,( I am not sure now) because he openly confesses to have one in the beginning of the new edition of Floating Opera and End...
Yes, an older brother and a twin sister, Jill. See, for example, Dave Edelman's (invaluable) site: http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/barth/faqs/ Cheers, Blair ...
Thank you very much! ... Thank you very much! 2008/5/23, Blair Mahoney < b1b2@... >: Yes, an older brother and a twin sister, Jill. See, for example, Dave...
"Wilfrid Mellers, who died earlier this month at the age of ninety-four, was a valued contributor to the TLS for over fifty years. In addition to music...
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/titledetail.cfm?titleNumber=1041295 And amazon as well: http://www.amazon.com/Development-John-Barth/dp/0547072481...
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