Collected stories
By: by John Barth
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 784
ISBN-13: 9781628970951
Subjects: American Short stories
Work titles: Short stories
Description: When John Barth's Lost in the Funhouse appeared in 1968, American fiction was turned on its head. Barth's writing was not a response to the realistic fiction that characterized American literature at the time; it beckoned back to the founders of the novel: Cervantes, Rabelais, and Sterne, echoing their playfulness and reflecting the freedom inherent in the writing of fiction. This collection of Barth's short fiction is a landmark event, bringing all of his previous collections together in one volume for the first time. Its occasion helps readers assess a remarkable lifetime's work and represents an important chapter in the history of American literature. Dalkey Archive will reissue a number of Barth's novels over the next few years, permanently preserving his work for generations to come.
Table of contents: title: Lost in the funhouse (1968): Frame-tale; title: Night-sea journey; title: Ambrose his mark; title: Autobiography; title: a self-recorded fiction; title: Water-message; title: Petition; title: Lost in the funhouse; title: Echo; title: Two mediations; title: Title; title: Glossolalia; title: Life-story; title: Menelaiad; title: Anonymiad; title: Seven additional author's notes.; title: On with the story  (1996): Check-in; title: The end; title: an introduction; title: Pillow talk; title: "That's a story?"; title: Ad infinitum; title: a short story; title: "That's more like it"; title: And then one day...; title: "Dot dot dot?..."; title: Preparing for the storm; title: "Yes, well,"; title: On with the story; title: "Maybe...; title: Love explained; title: "You're putting words in her mouth"; title: "Waves," by Amien Richard; title: "No comment."; title: Stories of our lives; title: "That says it. Time to go."; title: Goodbye to the fruits; title: "I'll say yes to that."; title: Ever after; title: Pillow talk; title: presently; title: Countdown; title: Once upon a time.; title: The book of ten nights and a night (2004): Invocation; title: "WISYWIG"; title: Help!; title: First night: Landscape; title: the eastern shore. Second night: The ring. Third night: Dead cat, floating boy. Fourth night: A detective and a turtle. Fifth night: The rest of your life. Sixth night: The big shrink. Seventh night: Extension. Eighth night: And then there's the one. Ninth night: 9999. Tenth night: Click. Eleventh night: WISYWIG? Afterwords.; title: The development (2008): Peeping Tom; title: Toga party; title: Teardown; title: The Bard Award; title: Progessive dinner; title: Us/them; title: Assisted living; title: The end; title: Rebeginning.