John Barth: The Comic Sublimity of Paradox (A Chicago Classic)

By Jac L. Tharpe

Book Overview

John Barth is an amazingly versatile nov­elist who has attempted every imaginable fictional genre from word games to a tale told by a computer. Jac Tharpe's brilliant analysis is the first and only comprehen­sive study to date to attempt to chart Barth's philosophical, comic, and stylistic development.

Ranging through the entire corpus of Barth's work--The Floating Opera, The End of the Road, The Sot-Weed Factor, Giles Goat-Boy, Lost in the Funhouse, and Chimera--Tharpe assesses Barth's achievement as a completely intellectual yet marvelously carnal comic writer. Es­pecially valuable is his investigation of Barth's language and artistic technique.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809307022
• ISBN13: 9780809307029
• Release Date: November 1974
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.6" x 4.9"