Lit. Exhaust,etc.
G. Schmundt-Thomas
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Sun Jul 16 12:35:40 CDT 1995
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
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