ANNAPOLIS, Md. — John Barth, the playfully erudite author whose darkly comic and complicated novels revolved around the art of literature and launched countless debates over the art of fiction, died ...
Postmodern American author John Barth, who wrote “The Sot Weed-Factor” and “Giles Goat-Boy,” died Tuesday. He was 93. The novelist’s death was confirmed by Rachel Wallach, who works in communications ...
An aspiring musician before realizing he had, by his own estimation, only “an amateur’s flair,” John Barth borrowed from his musical past when he turned to writing fiction that established him in the ...
John Barth, the playfully erudite author whose darkly comic and complicated novels revolved around the art of literature and launched countless debates over the art of fiction, died Tuesday at a ...
John Barth, who, believing that the old literary conventions were exhausted, extended the limits of storytelling with imaginative and intricately woven novels including “The Sot-Weed Factor” and ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — John Barth, the playfully erudite author whose darkly comic and complicated novels revolved around the art ...