John Barth

Rezensionen / Stimmen

"Tharpe has written a concise, very knowledgeable, and sometimes even profound philosophical statement on Barth's intellectual concerns and how his prose articulates them. . . . Tharpe has the corpus of Barth's fiction under control as few critics do and . . . he can discuss it with confidence that one responds to."

-Modern Fiction Studies



"[Tharpe] produces a rare kind of criticism that not only illuminates a difficult subject, but also reflects an agonized sharing of problems analogous to the subject's that he conquers through a similar mastery of craft."-Warren French, American Literature

"Highly recommended."-Choice, College and Research Libraries