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John Barth literary manuscripts, 1955-1978 (bulk 1955-1968).

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Barth, John, 1930-

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Mixed materialsDescription: 90 items; 11 containers plus 2 oversizeContained works:

Barth, John, 1930- End of the road. 1958
Barth, John, 1930- Floating opera. 1955
Barth, John, 1930- Giles goat-boy; or, The revised new syllabus. 1966
Barth, John, 1930- Sot-weed factor. 1960

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Summary: Holograph drafts, annotated typewritten manuscripts, corrected galley and foundry proofs, and miscellaneous editorial material from four of Barth's novels: The Floating Opera (1955), The End of the Road (1958), The Sot-Weed Factor (1960), and Giles Goat-Boy; or, The Revised New Syllabus (1966). Also includes manuscripts of several of Barth's short stories, nonfiction essays, and speeches. Among the speeches are drafts of "Jorge Luis Borges and the Literature of Exhaustion" that Barth delivered at various universities in 1966 prior to the publication of his essay "The Literature of Exhaustion" in 1967.

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Holograph drafts, annotated typewritten manuscripts, corrected galley and foundry proofs, and miscellaneous editorial material from four of Barth's novels: The Floating Opera (1955), The End of the Road (1958), The Sot-Weed Factor (1960), and Giles Goat-Boy; or, The Revised New Syllabus (1966). Also includes manuscripts of several of Barth's short stories, nonfiction essays, and speeches. Among the speeches are drafts of "Jorge Luis Borges and the Literature of Exhaustion" that Barth delivered at various universities in 1966 prior to the publication of his essay "The Literature of Exhaustion" in 1967.

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