John Barth, a Novelist Who Found Possibility in a 'Used-Up' Form
By merrily using fiction to dissect itself, he was at the vanguard of a movement that defined a postwar American style.
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By merrily using fiction to dissect itself, he was at the vanguard of a movement that defined a postwar American style.
The author of Giles Goat-Boy and The Sot-Weed Factor was part of a wave of writers in the 1960s who challenged standards of language and plot
Barth, a JHU graduate who later taught at his alma mater for more than two decades, was known for his postmodernist, unpredictable fiction and his exacting, generous teaching
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