... Bob ... I understand the sentiment, although it's not really that I feel betrayed by Barth's recent stuff. And I would never part with my copies of his...
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Blair Mahoney
blairrm
Dec 28, 2008 12:02 am
It's nice to see the list come out of hibernation! I too will stick up for The Development. I understand your criticism of it Kris. I just don't get the same...
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John Shelby
johnshelby
Dec 28, 2008 4:41 am
It's been a while since I've been through Tidewater Tales, so I may be way off, but as I was reading these last few posts, I was put in mind of Peter...
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Елена ТÐ...
etarnarutskaya
Dec 28, 2008 8:41 am
Hi I'm so glad the group has woken up! ... I agree with John on read JB from the beginning as it would help see what he calls *reprise* and which is probably...
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kris_majer
Dec 28, 2008 1:03 pm
... I guess that the artist exhausting and then replenishing himself by some kind of self-reflexive trick or other has been one of JB's grand themes in and out...
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kris_majer
Dec 28, 2008 1:27 pm
... I'm glad! ... My problem is that I'm stuck with the familiarity, while the satisfaction almost never arrives... ... I might have exaggerated for the sake...
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kris_majer
Dec 28, 2008 1:47 pm
And as we wait for more defense, let me add some more to the balance and say what I *liked* about The Development. The reader as Peeping Tom in the first...
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Glenn Gamblin
crimhedd2
Dec 28, 2008 5:06 pm
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Josiah Miller
josiahthemes...
Dec 29, 2008 1:28 am
This has been a great discussion so far of The Development (almost turning into a group reading? hehe). Anyways, I can see a plethora of reasons why not to...
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kris_majer
Dec 29, 2008 11:24 am
... Yes, one of the narrators quotes Flaubert - I think - who wanted to write a novel about nothing. Which character this is I have a hard time remembering for...
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bbreynolds@...
edx_edl
Jan 4, 2009 10:04 pm
In a message dated 6/7/2008 4:59:27 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, johnbarth@yahoogroups.com writes: 1a. Re: Barth mention in review of new Rushdie Posted by:...
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william.street42
william.stre...
Jan 9, 2009 1:49 pm
I certainly enjoyed The Development, and I had read most of the stories preiously, when they were published in various literary magazines. The way in which the...
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Josiah Miller
josiahthemes...
Jan 9, 2009 2:26 pm
William, I do believe you are right in saying:Â "I am not a fan of the idea that there are "two Barths"--one who wrote The Sot Weed Factor and Giles Goat Boy,...
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
Jan 14, 2009 6:49 pm
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 5:49 AM, william.street42 ... I also had read two or three of them before (from Subtropics and another organ that escapes me). Oh, and...
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
Jan 14, 2009 6:55 pm
... Hi Kris. Hey, say more about that if you would -- I didn't get that from my reading. ... See I like that sort of thing, inasmuch as I Want to Know What ...
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
Jan 14, 2009 6:57 pm
... I cried a little....
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
Jan 14, 2009 7:03 pm
... Well, I'm doing a crappy job of cutting and pasting (and reading, for that matter). I suppose you meant this, which is a nice observation: "...providing...
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
Jan 16, 2009 5:51 pm
Brief little bit from late last year that I stumbled across today ... What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you? ...
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Mal McCormack
malmc_y
Jan 17, 2009 6:19 pm
... http://www.baltimoremagazine.net/allthepiecesmatter/index.php/2008/10/life-changing-art-john-barth/ ... Wow! He splits the infinitive in the second-last...
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bbreynolds@...
edx_edl
Jan 18, 2009 6:39 pm
1a. Re: Barth on life-changing art Posted by: "Mal McCormack" malmc_y@... malmc_y Date: Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:19 am ((PST)) ... ...
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
Feb 20, 2009 4:41 pm
... From: Joshua Wolf Shenk <jw@...> Date: Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:51 PM Subject: To: johnbarth-owner@yahoogroups.com Just want to let you all know we'll...
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
Mar 4, 2009 8:34 pm
http://pro.corbis.com/search/Enlargement.aspx?CID=isg&mediauid=%7B6E250771-6569-44E3-8CEF-DE5546EEB87F%7D ...and a sort of variant of the LETTERS photo: ...
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
Mar 12, 2009 3:51 pm
"Thousands of video lectures from the world's top scholars" http://academicearth.org/ E.g.: The American Novel Since 1945 Amy Hungerford, Yale ...
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narges montakhabi
narges_monta...
Apr 17, 2009 1:26 pm
Hi Do u have an e-version of toga party? tnx ... From: agrimorfee <agrimorfee@...> Subject: [johnbarth] Re: Where Three Roads Meet To:...
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narges montakhabi
narges_monta...
Apr 18, 2009 7:11 pm
Hi, I need an e-text of Toga Party, can anyone help me? ... From: narges montakhabi <narges_montakhabi@...> Subject: Re: [johnbarth] Re: Where Three...
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
Apr 28, 2009 5:05 pm
...regarding "The Development" and its aesthetic. [Warning: spoilers] ...
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johnbarth@yahoogroups...
May 26, 2009 4:43 am
Reminder from: johnbarth Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/johnbarth/cal John Simmons Barth born, 1930, Cambridge, Maryland. Tuesday May 26, 2009 All...
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Mark Brawner
markbrawner
May 27, 2009 11:34 pm
...eh what? What are you'alls reading these days? Yr Mark...
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Barbara Schmidt
barbstoo
May 28, 2009 12:53 am
glad you asked.... one of my holiday presents was Michael Dirda's 'Bound to Please.' the gift that keeps on giving. Reminded me a little of the first reading...
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nicola_leporini
Aug 6, 2009 6:04 pm
Hi everybody, can you tell me where exactly in Giles, Goat-Boy is the sentence "ontology recapitulates cosmogeny"? I don't have the book with me but I need the...
