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John Simmons Barth (/ b ɑːr θ /; [1] May 27, 1930 – April 2, 2024) was an American writer best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were published in the 1960s, and include The Sot-Weed Factor, a whimsical retelling of Maryland's colonial history; Giles Goat-Boy, a satirical fantasy in which a university is a microcosm of the ...
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Bargh was born in Champaign, Illinois.He attended the University of Illinois as an undergraduate, where he graduated in 1977 with a B.S. in psychology.He then attended the University of Michigan, where he earned an M.A. in 1979 and a Ph.D. in 1981 in social psychology under Robert Zajonc. [9]
The Floating Opera is a novel by American writer John Barth, first published in 1956 and significantly revised in 1967.Barth's first published work, the existentialist and nihilist story is a first-person account of a day when protagonist Todd Andrews contemplates suicide.
"Autobiography", which is "meant for monophonic tape and visible but silent author", is a self-aware story narrating itself and decrying its father, John Barth. [ 14 ] Three of the stories—"Ambrose, His Mark"; "Water-Message"; and the title story, "Lost in the Funhouse"—concern a young boy named Ambrose and members of his family.
John Barth (1930–2024) was an American writer. John Barth may also refer to: John Barth (politician) (born 1826), German-born American politician; John Barth (American football) (1927–2004), American football player; John F. Barth (1874–1947), American composer
Chimera is a 1972 fantasy novel written by American writer John Barth, composed of three loosely connected novellas.The novellas are Dunyazadiad, Perseid and Bellerophoniad, whose titles refer eponymously to the mythical characters Dunyazad, Perseus and Bellerophon (slayer of the mythical Chimera).
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