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May 28, 2021 · When Ambrose is lost in the carnival funhouse, he develops this knowledge. Straying into an old, forgotten part of the funhouse, he becomes separated from the mainstream—the funhouse represents the world for lovers—and has fantasies of death and suicide, recalling the “negative resolve” of the sperm cell from “Night-Sea Journey.”
LOST & FOUND IN THE FUNHOUSE celebrates the American writer John Barth, known for his masterful literary experiments. Barth’s novels and stories are full of surprises—not just because of their unpredictable storylines or the strange creatures inhabiting them (although there are plenty of those) but because of his inventive story-telling techniques.
- Gabrielle Dean, Nathan Scott McNamara, Matt Morton
- 2015
John Barth’s Lost in the Funhouse is a collection of self-reflexive stories that stray from traditional realist narrative methods while calling attention to the artifice of narrative technique. It features stories narrated by a spermatozoon journeying to the ovum, a Siamese twin attached belly to rear to his brother, and characters from Greek ...
Jun 13, 2024 · Introduction. "Lost in the Funhouse" is a short story by American author John Barth. It was originally published in the November 1967 issue of The Atlantic and later included in the author's short ...
Introduction. "Lost in the Funhouse" is a collection of metafictional short stories by John Barth, first published in 1968. The book is known for its innovative narrative techniques and its exploration of the nature of storytelling. Through a series of interconnected stories, Barth challenges traditional narrative structures and delves into the ...
Lost in the Funhouse (1968) is a short story collection by American author John Barth. The postmodern stories are extremely self-conscious and self-reflexive, and are considered to exemplify metafiction. Though Barth's reputation rests mainly on his long novels, the stories "Night-Sea Journey", "Lost in the Funhouse", "Title" and "Life-Story ...
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Lecture 11 - John Barth, Lost in the Funhouse Overview. In her lecture on John Barth’s collection of stories Lost in the Funhouse, Professor Amy Hungerford delves beyond the superficial pleasures and frustrations of Barth’s oft-cited metafictional masterwork to illuminate the profound commitment to language that his narrative risks entail.
