John Barth, master of quote marks

Joe Allonby joeallonby at gmail.com
Thu Sep 25 10:49:47 CDT 2008


Mister Parentetical Digression.

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Richard Ryan <richardryannyc at yahoo.com>wrote:

>   Really?  I'd like to be remembered to as Mr. Ellipsis ...
>
> DFW:  C. Footnote
> James Joyce: - King of the Quotational Dash
> William Faulkner: (Padre Parenthesis)
>
> --- On *Wed, 9/24/08, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
>  .. Also, "Master of Quote Marks" is a brilliantly underwhelming title to
> bestow on somebody. I would love to have that on my gravestone.
>
>
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