96 Pages
by
Routledge
96 Pages
by
Routledge
96 Pages
by
Routledge
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John Barth represents most completely what has been termed postmodernism, not because his work comprises more postmodernist features than other contemporary writers but because, for Barth, "life" and "art" are two sides of the same coin.
In this brief study, first published in 1987, Heide Ziegler examines all Barth’s novels. She argues that each pair of novels first "exhausts" and then... Read more
Acknowledgements; A note on the texts; 1. Introduction: The sense of an ending 2. The supra-existentialist novel: The Floating Opera and The End of the Road 3. The supra-Bildungsroman: The Sot-Weed Factor and Giles Goat-Boy 4. The supra-Kunstlerroman: Lost in the Funhouse and Chimera 5. The supra-realistic novel: LETTERS and Sabbatical 6. Conclusion: The sense of a beginning; Notes; Bibliography
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Heide Ziegler
