Lit. Exhaust,etc.

[G. Schmundt-Thomas]

Don Larsson writes:
<Barth in his original article especially singles out for mention Nabokov <and
Borges.  Part of his point, as I recall it, was that exhaustion gave <writers a
certain freedom, allowing them to have *fun* with their material <(something
Barth himself indulges in with glee).  Years later, though (c. <1980), he wrote
another essay titled "The Literature of Replenishment," <suggesting that
Postmodernism had regained its footing and was now <shooting for something more
substantial--I don't remember whether he <actually cited TRP in that case.

He mentions TRP in passing as a fellow postmodern writer.

<I used to have both articles (originally from ATLANTIC MONTHLY) at hand, <but
the elves have made off with them.

Both essays are reprinted in Barth's _The Friday Book_ New York: Putnam's, 1984.

G. Schmundt-Thomas