Death in the funhouse
Subtitle: John Barth and poststructuralist aesthetics
By: Alan Lindsay.
Series: Studies in literary criticism and theory,; v. 2
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Barth, John, 1930- -- Knowledge -- Literature.; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Criticism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Postmodernism (Literature) -- United States.; Structuralism (Literary analysis); Aesthetics, Modern -- 20th century.
Description: In contrast to recent attempts to distinguish postmodernism from poststructuralism, Death in the FUNhouse finds deep complicity between the two discourses. This book looks comprehensively at the middle and late texts of John Barth to demonstrate the complexity of the postmodern author - and the never-ending quest for pleasure.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-176) and index.