The Friday Book: Essays and Other Nonfiction - Brossura

Barth, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0801855578 ISBN 13: 9780801855573

Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1997

This nonfiction work is what Barth callls "an arrangement of essays and occaisonal lectures, some previously published, most not, most on matters literary, some not, accumulated over 30 years or so of writing, teaching and teaching writing". Barth speculates on the future of literature and the literature of the future. He looks back too upon historical fiction and fictitous history.

Recensione:

""Whether discussing modernism, postmodernism, semiotics, Homer, Cervantes, Borges, blue crabs or osprey nests, Barth demonstrates an enthusiasm for the life of the mind, a joy in thinking (and in expressing those thoughts) that becomes contagious. Indeed, if you've ever wondered what modernism, postmodernism, and semiotics mean, you've found the right place to learn." -- Washington Post

Descrizione del libro:

"[The] pieces that make up The Friday Book... have a consistent tone of warm personal enthusiasm that is often beguiling." -- Walter Kendrick

• Editore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0801855578
• ISBN 13: 9780801855573
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 283