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John Barth (Routledge Revivals) - Softcover

Ziegler, Heide

 
9781138829930: John Barth (Routledge Revivals)
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ISBN 10: 1138829935 ISBN 13: 9781138829930
Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

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 "replenishes" those literary genres that hinge on a particular world view: the existentialist novel, the Bildungsroman, the Kunstlerroman, or the realistic novel. Through the division of labour between character and author Barth manages to develop a new mode of literary parody which projects itself beyond the mocked literary model and even self-parody into the realm of future fiction.

This book is ideal for students of literature and postmodern studies.

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Heide Ziegler

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138829935
ISBN 13 
9781138829930
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
96