Postscripts : (or just desserts) : some final scribblings / John Barth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barth, John, author.

Series:

American Literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authorship.

Essays.

Literature--History and criticism.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (100 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illonois : Dalkey Archive Press, [2022]

Summary:

Proving himself yet again a master of every form, Barth conquers in his latest the ruminative short essay-"??jeux d'esprits, " as Barth describes them. These mostly one-page tidbits pay homage to Barth's literary influences while retaining his trademark self-consciousness and willingness to play.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Foreword and Acknowledgements

Contents

Self-Explanatory Haiku and Epigraphical Haiku

In the Beginning Was the (Spoken) Word

The Relevance of Irrelevance: Writing American

You

Two Bits

Facts of Life: The Python

The American Consumer Crouch

The Sirens' Song

Chrysaora Quinquecirrha

Cat Man

"Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates"

Harley Guy

Weekly Specials!

Dermatology

Only Only : The Wandering Modifier

Just a Minute

Dead Ringer

Thanksgivukah

Delivery

85

Syzygy

The Banality of Uniqueness: A Dialogue

Missy: A Postscript to The 1001 Nights

Self-Explanatory Waka and Worry-Wart Waka

Bonus Time

Inspiration

Roman à Clef

Mayday!

Hyperproprioception

What's In a Name?

Library Friends

Navigation-Stars

The Lives of Our Stories

"This Is Not a Story"

Remembering Bill

I'll See You In My Dreams

Some Reflections on Scott Fitzgerald

Lights Out

In the Dark

My Two Pens

The Destroyer of Delights

The Dixon Line

By Barthelme Beguiled

The Imp of the Perverse: A Tribute to Robert Coover

Libraries

"It's All Greek To Me": Answers Without Questions

Out of the Cradle

On Having Nothing Further to Say

P.S.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Barth, John Postscripts

ISBN:

9781628974737