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page 485 "worrisome" twentieth century: "worrisome" twentieth century: Paul Pintarich, "Writer Barthelme Wraps Erratic Tales in Understated and Homey Brilliance," Paul Pintarich, "Writer Barthelme Wraps Erratic Tales in Understated and Homey Brilliance," Oregonian, Oregonian, February 9, 1989. February 9, 1989.

page 486 "I was Papping as best I could": "I was Papping as best I could": Donald Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, The Dead Father The Dead Father (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975), 172. (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975), 172.

page 486 "[T]he Talmud...is the dirtiest teaching": "[T]he Talmud...is the dirtiest teaching": Donald Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, The King The King (New York: Harper & Row, 1990), 7. Subsequent quotes from (New York: Harper & Row, 1990), 7. Subsequent quotes from The King The King are taken from the following pages: 2930, 103, 156, 158. are taken from the following pages: 2930, 103, 156, 158.

page 487 Though the novel echoes Malory's Though the novel echoes Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur: Echoes of Apollinaire also ring throughout the novel: Apollinaire once wrote a fantasy about King Arthur set in a futuristic London. His novella, Le Morte d'Arthur: Echoes of Apollinaire also ring throughout the novel: Apollinaire once wrote a fantasy about King Arthur set in a futuristic London. His novella, The Poet a.s.sa.s.sinated, The Poet a.s.sa.s.sinated, ends with an elegy for a hero beneath a tree ("...he was lover of the queen / He was King..."), and "The Poet Resurrected" depicts a future when hero poets are ignored by an increasingly chaotic world (see Guillaume Apollinaire, ends with an elegy for a hero beneath a tree ("...he was lover of the queen / He was King..."), and "The Poet Resurrected" depicts a future when hero poets are ignored by an increasingly chaotic world (see Guillaume Apollinaire, The Poet a.s.sa.s.sinated and Other Stories, The Poet a.s.sa.s.sinated and Other Stories, trans. Ron Padgett [Manchester, England: Carcanet Press Limited, 1985], 68). trans. Ron Padgett [Manchester, England: Carcanet Press Limited, 1985], 68).

page 487 "Think... / That you have but slumb'red here": "Think... / That you have but slumb'red here": William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Midsummer Night's Dream, in in The Riverside Shakespeare, The Riverside Shakespeare, ed.G. Blakemore Evans (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974), 246. ed.G. Blakemore Evans (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974), 246.

page 488 "I did not bug him": "I did not bug him": Marion Barthelme, in an E-mail in the author, June 6, 2008. Marion Barthelme, in an E-mail in the author, June 6, 2008.

page 488 "We had a terrific lunch": "We had a terrific lunch": Hirsch, "Donald Barthelme," 168. Hirsch, "Donald Barthelme," 168.

page 488 " "but he did seem disconnected" to to "I don't think he felt well": "I don't think he felt well": Marion Barthelme, in an E-mail to the author, June 6, 2008. Marion Barthelme, in an E-mail to the author, June 6, 2008.

page 488 "test drive" "test drive" to to "terrifying": "terrifying": Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, 188191. 188191.

pages 488489 " " Some time later" Some time later" to to "cells, from [Don's] original cancer": "cells, from [Don's] original cancer": Marion Barthelme, in an E-mail to the author, June 6, 2008. Marion Barthelme, in an E-mail to the author, June 6, 2008.

page 489 "seen a miracle": "seen a miracle": Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, 19. 19.

page 489 " "regretfully and with deep feeling": Maggie Maranto, in an E-mail to the author, November 2, 2004. Maggie Maranto, in an E-mail to the author, November 2, 2004.

page 489 "love, sadness, skepticism"; "loved women, you know": "love, sadness, skepticism"; "loved women, you know": Beverly Lowry, in an E-mail to the author, August 27, 2007. Beverly Lowry, in an E-mail to the author, August 27, 2007.

page 489 "I've heard of you all my life": "I've heard of you all my life": Helen Moore Barthelme, Helen Moore Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, 189. 189.

page 489 "In the antechamber to Heaven": "In the antechamber to Heaven": Cynthia Macdonald, "Tributaries: A Collage for Donald," Cynthia Macdonald, "Tributaries: A Collage for Donald," Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Art, Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Art, vol. 4, no. 1 (1991): 149. vol. 4, no. 1 (1991): 149.

Epilogue: The Final a.s.signment page 491 "The movement of history": "The movement of history": Donald Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, Guilty Pleasures Guilty Pleasures (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974), 44. (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974), 44.

page 491 "Language failed this week": "Language failed this week": Michiko Kakutani, "Struggling to Find Words for a Horror Beyond Words," Michiko Kakutani, "Struggling to Find Words for a Horror Beyond Words," New York Times, New York Times, September 13, 2001. September 13, 2001.

page 492 "challeng[ed] the intellectual and ethical perspectives": "challeng[ed] the intellectual and ethical perspectives": Edward Rothstein, "Attacks on U.S. Challenge the Perspectives of Postmodern True Believers," Edward Rothstein, "Attacks on U.S. Challenge the Perspectives of Postmodern True Believers," New York Times, New York Times, September 22, 2001. September 22, 2001.

page 492 "The disorientation in my stories": "The disorientation in my stories": Donald Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, Six Interviews, Six Interviews, Tapes for Readers (Washington, D.C., 1978), audio recording. Tapes for Readers (Washington, D.C., 1978), audio recording.

page 492 "I don't think people are going to lose interest"; "different level of apprehension": "I don't think people are going to lose interest"; "different level of apprehension": Dinitia Smith, "Novelists Rea.s.sess Their Subject Matter and Role," Dinitia Smith, "Novelists Rea.s.sess Their Subject Matter and Role," New York Times, New York Times, September 20, 2001. September 20, 2001.

page 493 "I remember very well the day my father died": "I remember very well the day my father died": Richard Ford, "Love Lost," Richard Ford, "Love Lost," New York Times Magazine, New York Times Magazine, September 23, 2001, 1718. September 23, 2001, 1718.

page 493 "Fragments are the only forms I trust": "Fragments are the only forms I trust": Donald Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, Sixty Stories Sixty Stories (New York: Putnam, 1981), 98. (New York: Putnam, 1981), 98.

page 493 "Trump Tower, the World's #1 Address": New York Times Sunday Magazine, "Trump Tower, the World's #1 Address": New York Times Sunday Magazine, September 23, 2001, 7. September 23, 2001, 7.

page 493 "All of us at Verizon": New York Times, "All of us at Verizon": New York Times, September 23, 2001. September 23, 2001.

page 494 "[W]e are locked in the most exquisite mysterious muck": "[W]e are locked in the most exquisite mysterious muck": Barthelme, Barthelme, Sixty Stories, Sixty Stories, 158. 158.

page 494 "No poet, no artist of any sort": "No poet, no artist of any sort": T. S. Eliot, T. S. Eliot, The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism (London: Methuen, 1920), 49. (London: Methuen, 1920), 49.

page 494 "And the moon looked at him so kindly!": "And the moon looked at him so kindly!": Georg Buchner, Georg Buchner, The Plays of Georg Buchner The Plays of Georg Buchner, Victor Price (London: Oxford University Press, 1971), 128.

page 494 "See the moon?": "See the moon?": Barthelme, Barthelme, Sixty Stories, Sixty Stories, 97. 97.

page 494 "Things yet to come will make us sadder still"; "best will in the world!": "Things yet to come will make us sadder still"; "best will in the world!": Donald Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, The King The King (New York: Harper & Row, 1990), 102, 125. (New York: Harper & Row, 1990), 102, 125.

page 496 "Did I do it well?": "Did I do it well?": Donald Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, The Dead Father The Dead Father (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975), 176. (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975), 176.

page 496 "I cannot imagine the future": "I cannot imagine the future": Donald Barthelme, Donald Barthelme, Sadness Sadness (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972), 109. (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972), 109.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Books by Donald Barthelme Come Back, Dr. Caligari. Boston: Little, Brown, 1964. Boston: Little, Brown, 1964.

Snow White. New York: Atheneum, 1967. New York: Atheneum, 1967.

Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts. Unnatural Acts. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968.

City Life. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970.

The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine, or the Hithering Thithering Djinn. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971.

Sadness. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972.

Guilty Pleasures. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974.

The Dead Father. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1975. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1975.

Amateurs. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976.

Great Days. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979.

Sixty Stories. New York: Putnam, 1981. New York: Putnam, 1981.

Overnight to Many Distant Cities. New York: Putnam, 1983. New York: Putnam, 1983.

Paradise. New York: Putnam, 1986. New York: Putnam, 1986.

Forty Stories. New York: Putnam, 1987. New York: Putnam, 1987.

Sam's Bar (with Seymour Chwast). New York: Doubleday, 1987. (with Seymour Chwast). New York: Doubleday, 1987.

The King. New York: Harper & Row, 1990. New York: Harper & Row, 1990.

The Teachings of Don B. Edited by Kim Herzinger. New York: Turtle Bay, 1992. Edited by Kim Herzinger. New York: Turtle Bay, 1992.

Flying to America: 45 More Stories. Edited by Kim Herzinger. Emeryville, California: Shoemaker & h.o.a.rd, 2007. Edited by Kim Herzinger. Emeryville, California: Shoemaker & h.o.a.rd, 2007.

Essays by Donald Barthelme and Interviews with Him Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews. Edited by Kim Herzinger. New York: Random House, 1997. Edited by Kim Herzinger. New York: Random House, 1997.

Limited Editions of Books by Donald Barthelme Here in the Village. Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1978. Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1978.

The Emerald. Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1980. Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1980.

Presents. Dallas: Pressworks, 1980. Dallas: Pressworks, 1980.

Young Oriental Bride (broadside). Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1980. (broadside). Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1980.

Uncollected Stories by Donald Barthelme "The Ontological Basis of Two" (written under the pseudonym Michael Houston). Cavalier, Cavalier, June 1963, 22. June 1963, 22.

"Then." Mother Mother 3 (1964): 2223. 3 (1964): 2223.

"The Affront." Harper's Bazaar, Harper's Bazaar, November 1965, 229230. November 1965, 229230.

"Seven Garlic Tales." Paris Review Paris Review 37 (1966): 6267. 37 (1966): 6267.

"Blue Flower Problem." Harvest, Harvest, May 1967, 29. May 1967, 29.

"Philadelphia." The New Yorker, The New Yorker, November 30, 1968, 5658. November 30, 1968, 5658.

"Momma." The New Yorker, The New Yorker, October 2, 1978, 3233. October 2, 1978, 3233.

"Simon." The New Yorker, The New Yorker, September 24, 1984, 4445. September 24, 1984, 4445.

Audio and Video Recordings About Donald Barthelme and His Work New Sounds in Fiction. Menlo Park, California: New Sounds, 1969. Audio recording. Menlo Park, California: New Sounds, 1969. Audio recording.

Come Back, Dr. Caligari. Deland, Florida: Everett/Edwards, 1970. Audio recording. Deland, Florida: Everett/Edwards, 1970. Audio recording.

Donald Barthelme (four-tape set). San Francisco: Pacifica Tape Library, 1976. Audio recording. (four-tape set). San Francisco: Pacifica Tape Library, 1976. Audio recording.

"Donald Barthelme." From Six Interviews. Six Interviews. Washington, D.C.: Tapes for Readers, 1978. Audio recording. Washington, D.C.: Tapes for Readers, 1978. Audio recording.

The Writer in Society: Donald Barthelme (television interview with George Plimpton). Houston: KUHT-TV, 1984. Video recording. (television interview with George Plimpton). Houston: KUHT-TV, 1984. Video recording.

Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story (ca.s.sette number 2). New York: National Public Radio, 1989. Audio recording. (ca.s.sette number 2). New York: National Public Radio, 1989. Audio recording.

Memoirs About Donald Barthelme or the Barthelme Family Barthelme, Frederick, and Steven Barthelme. Double Down: Reflections on Gambling and Loss. Double Down: Reflections on Gambling and Loss. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999.

Barthelme, Helen Moore. Donald Barthelme: The Genesis of a Cool Sound. Donald Barthelme: The Genesis of a Cool Sound. College Station, Texas: Texas A & M University Press, 2001. College Station, Texas: Texas A & M University Press, 2001.

Critical Books About Donald Barthelme Couturier, Maurice, and Regis Durand. Donald Barthelme. Donald Barthelme. London: Methuen, 1982. London: Methuen, 1982.

Gordon, Lois. Donald Barthelme. Donald Barthelme. Boston: Twayne, 1981. Boston: Twayne, 1981.

Hudgens, Michael Thomas. Donald Barthelme, Postmodernist American Writer. Donald Barthelme, Postmodernist American Writer. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2001. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2001.

Klinkowitz, Jerome. Donald Barthelme: An Exhibition. Donald Barthelme: An Exhibition. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1991. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1991.

Molesworth, Charles. Donald Barthelme's Fiction: The Ironist Saved from Drowning Donald Barthelme's Fiction: The Ironist Saved from Drowning. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1982. Patteson, Richard F., ed. Patteson, Richard F., ed. Critical Essays on Donald Barthelme Critical Essays on Donald Barthelme. New York: G. K. Hall, 1992. Roe, Barbara. Roe, Barbara. Donald Barthelme: A Study of the Short Fiction Donald Barthelme: A Study of the Short Fiction. New York: Twayne/Macmillan, 1992. Stengel, Wayne B. Stengel, Wayne B. The Shape of Art in the Short Stories of Donald Barthelme The Shape of Art in the Short Stories of Donald Barthelme. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1985. Trachtenberg, Stanley. Trachtenberg, Stanley. Understanding Donald Barthelme Understanding Donald Barthelme. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1990.

Critical Books with Chapters on Donald Barthelme Aldridge, John. The Devil in the Fire: Retrospective Essays on American Literature and Culture The Devil in the Fire: Retrospective Essays on American Literature and Culture. New York: Harper's Magazine Press, 1972. Baxter, Charles. Baxter, Charles. Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction. St. Paul, Minnesota: Graywolf, 1997. Bruss, Paul. Bruss, Paul. Textual Strategies in Recent American Fiction Textual Strategies in Recent American Fiction. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: Bucknell University Press, 1981. d.i.c.kstein, Morris. d.i.c.kstein, Morris. Gates of Eden: American Culture in the 1960s Gates of Eden: American Culture in the 1960s. New York: Basic Books, 1977. Fasching, Darrell. Fasching, Darrell. Narrative Theology after Auschwitz: From Alienation to Ethics Narrative Theology after Auschwitz: From Alienation to Ethics. St. Paul, Minnesota: Augsburg Fortress Press, 1992. Gardner, John. Gardner, John. On Moral Fiction On Moral Fiction. New York: Basic Books, 1978. Ga.s.s, William. Ga.s.s, William. Fiction and the Figures of Life Fiction and the Figures of Life. New York: Vintage, 1972. Giles, Paul. Giles, Paul. American Catholic Arts and Fictions American Catholic Arts and Fictions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Gilman, Richard. Gilman, Richard. The Confusion of Realms The Confusion of Realms. New York: Random House, 1969. Graff, Gerald. Graff, Gerald. Literature Against Itself Literature Against Itself. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979. Harris, Charles B. Harris, Charles B. Contemporary American Novelists of the Absurd Contemporary American Novelists of the Absurd. New Haven: College and University Press, 1971. Ha.s.san, Ihab. Ha.s.san, Ihab. Contemporary American Literature Contemporary American Literature. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1973. ---. ---. Paracriticisms Paracriticisms. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1975. ---. ---. The Postmodern Turn The Postmodern Turn. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1987. Hendin, Josephine. Hendin, Josephine. Vulnerable People: A View of American Fiction Since 1945 Vulnerable People: A View of American Fiction Since 1945. New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. Hicks, Jack. Hicks, Jack. In the Singer's Temple In the Singer's Temple. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1981. Hirsch, Edward, ed. Hirsch, Edward, ed. Responsive Reading Responsive Reading. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999. Kazin, Alfred. Kazin, Alfred. Bright Book of Life: American Novelists and Storytellers from Hemingway to Mailer Bright Book of Life: American Novelists and Storytellers from Hemingway to Mailer. Boston: Atlantic/Little, Brown, 1973. Karl, Frederick. Karl, Frederick. American Fictions 19401980 American Fictions 19401980. New York: Harper & Row, 1983. Klinkowitz, Jerome. Klinkowitz, Jerome. Keeping Literary Company: Working with Writers Since the Sixties Keeping Literary Company: Working with Writers Since the Sixties. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. ---. ---. Literary Disruptions: The Making of a Post-Contemporary American Fiction Literary Disruptions: The Making of a Post-Contemporary American Fiction. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1975. Kuehl, John. Kuehl, John. Alternate Worlds: A Study of Postmodern Antirealistic American Fiction Alternate Worlds: A Study of Postmodern Antirealistic American Fiction. New York: New York University Press, 1989. Lasch, Christopher. Lasch, Christopher. The Minimal Self: Psychic Survival in Troubled Times The Minimal Self: Psychic Survival in Troubled Times. New York: W. W. Norton, 1984. Maltby, Paul. Maltby, Paul. Dissident Postmodernists: Barthelme, Coover, Pynchon Dissident Postmodernists: Barthelme, Coover, Pynchon. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991. McCaffery, Larry. McCaffery, Larry. The Metafictional Muse: The Works of Robert Coover, Donald Barthelme, and William H. Ga.s.s The Metafictional Muse: The Works of Robert Coover, Donald Barthelme, and William H. Ga.s.s. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1982. Newman, Charles. Newman, Charles. The Postmodern Aura: The Act of Fiction in an Age of Inflation The Postmodern Aura: The Act of Fiction in an Age of Inflation. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1985. Olderman, Raymond M. Olderman, Raymond M. Beyond the Waste Land: The American Novel in the 1960s Beyond the Waste Land: The American Novel in the 1960s. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1972. Olsen, Lance. Olsen, Lance. Circus of the Mind in Motion: Postmodernism and the Comic Vision Circus of the Mind in Motion: Postmodernism and the Comic Vision. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990. Porush, David. Porush, David. The Soft Machine: Cybernetic Fiction The Soft Machine: Cybernetic Fiction. London: Methuen, 1985. s.p.a.cks, Patricia Ann Meyer. s.p.a.cks, Patricia Ann Meyer. Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995. Strehle, Susan. Strehle, Susan. Fiction in the Quantum Universe Fiction in the Quantum Universe. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992. Tanner, Tony. Tanner, Tony. City of Words: American Fiction 19501970 City of Words: American Fiction 19501970. New York: Harper & Row, 1971. Werner, Craig Hansen. Werner, Craig Hansen. Paradoxical Resolutions: American Fiction Since James Joyce Paradoxical Resolutions: American Fiction Since James Joyce. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1982. Wilde, Alan. Wilde, Alan. Horizons of a.s.sent: Modernism, Postmodernism, and the Ironic Imagination Horizons of a.s.sent: Modernism, Postmodernism, and the Ironic Imagination. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981. ---. ---. Middle Grounds: Studies in Contemporary American Fiction Middle Grounds: Studies in Contemporary American Fiction. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1987.

Special Issues of Journals Devoted to Donald Barthelme Stewart, James, and Randall Watson, eds. Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Art Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Art 4, no. 1 (1991). 4, no. 1 (1991). Olsen, Lance, ed. Olsen, Lance, ed. Review of Contemporary Fiction Review of Contemporary Fiction 11, no. 2 (1991). 11, no. 2 (1991). Taylor, Justin, ed. Taylor, Justin, ed. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern McSweeney's Quarterly Concern 24 (2007). 24 (2007).

Bibliographies Klinkowitz, Jerome. "Donald Barthelme." In Literary Disruptions Literary Disruptions, 2nd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1980: 252262. ---, Asa B. Pieratt, Jr., and Robert Murray Davis. ---, Asa B. Pieratt, Jr., and Robert Murray Davis. Donald Barthelme: A Comprehensive Bibliography Donald Barthelme: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Hamden, Connecticut: Shoestring Press/Archon Books, 1977. Weisenburger, Steven. "Donald Barthelme: A Bibliography." Weisenburger, Steven. "Donald Barthelme: A Bibliography." Review of Contemporary Fiction Review of Contemporary Fiction 11, no. 2 (1991). 11, no. 2 (1991).

Selected Critical Studies Achilles, Jochen. "Donald Barthelme's Aesthetic of Inversion: Caligari's Come-Back as Caligari's Leave-Taking." Journal of Narrative Technique Journal of Narrative Technique 12, no. 2 (1982): 105120. 12, no. 2 (1982): 105120. Balden, Judith. "Barthelme's Balden, Judith. "Barthelme's Snow White: Snow White: The Making of a Modern Fairy Tale." The Making of a Modern Fairy Tale." Southern Folklore Quarterly Southern Folklore Quarterly 45 (1981): 145153. 45 (1981): 145153. Bawer, Bruce. "Donald Barthelme and 'la vie quotidienne.' " Bawer, Bruce. "Donald Barthelme and 'la vie quotidienne.' " The New Criterion The New Criterion 9, no. 1 (1991): 2230. 9, no. 1 (1991): 2230. Berman, Jaye. "Parody as Cultural Criticism in Berman, Jaye. "Parody as Cultural Criticism in The Dead Father The Dead Father." Dutch Quarterly Review of Anglo-American Letters Dutch Quarterly Review of Anglo-American Letters 17, no. 1 (1987): 1522. 17, no. 1 (1987): 1522. Boc.o.c.k, Maclin. " 'The Indian Uprising,' or Donald Barthelme's Strange Object Covered with Fur." Boc.o.c.k, Maclin. " 'The Indian Uprising,' or Donald Barthelme's Strange Object Covered with Fur." Fiction International Fiction International 45 (1975): 124146. 45 (1975): 124146. Clark, Beverly Lyon. "In Search of Barthelme's Weeping Father." Clark, Beverly Lyon. "In Search of Barthelme's Weeping Father." Philological Quarterly Philological Quarterly 62 (1983): 419433. 62 (1983): 419433. Culler, Jonathan. "Junk and Rubbish: A Semiotic Approach." Culler, Jonathan. "Junk and Rubbish: A Semiotic Approach." Diacritics Diacritics 15, no. 3 (1985): 213. 15, no. 3 (1985): 213. Davis, Robert Murray. "Donald Barthelme's Textual Revisions." Davis, Robert Murray. "Donald Barthelme's Textual Revisions." Resources for American Literary Study Resources for American Literary Study 7 (1977): 182191. 7 (1977): 182191. Ditsky, John M. "With Ingenuity and Hard Work, Distracted: The Narrative Style of Donald Barthelme." Ditsky, John M. "With Ingenuity and Hard Work, Distracted: The Narrative Style of Donald Barthelme." Style Style 9, no. 3 (1975): 388400. 9, no. 3 (1975): 388400. Domini, John. "Donald Barthelme's Modernist Uprising." Domini, John. "Donald Barthelme's Modernist Uprising." Southwest Review Southwest Review 75, no. 1 (1990): 95112. 75, no. 1 (1990): 95112. Doxey, W. S. "Donald Barthelme's 'Views of My Father Weeping': A Modern View of Oedipus." Doxey, W. S. "Donald Barthelme's 'Views of My Father Weeping': A Modern View of Oedipus." Notes on Contemporary Literature Notes on Contemporary Literature 3, no. 2 (1973): 1415. 3, no. 2 (1973): 1415. Durand, Regis. "On the Pertinaciousness of the Father, the Son, and the Subject: The Case of Donald Barthelme." In Durand, Regis. "On the Pertinaciousness of the Father, the Son, and the Subject: The Case of Donald Barthelme." In Critical Angles: European Views of Contemporary American Literature Critical Angles: European Views of Contemporary American Literature, edited by Marc Chenetier, 153163. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1986. Evans, Walter. "Comanches and Civilization in Donald Barthelme's 'The Indian Uprising.' " Evans, Walter. "Comanches and Civilization in Donald Barthelme's 'The Indian Uprising.' " Arizona Quarterly Arizona Quarterly 42, no. 1 (1986): 4552. 42, no. 1 (1986): 4552. Flowers, Betty. "Barthelme's Flowers, Betty. "Barthelme's Snow White: Snow White: The Reader-Patient Relationship." The Reader-Patient Relationship." Critique Critique 16, no. 3 (1975): 3343. 16, no. 3 (1975): 3343. Gillen, Francis. "Donald Barthelme's City: A Guide." Gillen, Francis. "Donald Barthelme's City: A Guide." Twentieth Century Literature Twentieth Century Literature 18 (1972): 3744. 18 (1972): 3744. Guerard, Albert J. "Notes on the Rhetoric of Anti-Realistic Fiction." Guerard, Albert J. "Notes on the Rhetoric of Anti-Realistic Fiction." Triquarterly Triquarterly 30 (1974): 350. 30 (1974): 350. Hallissy, Margaret. "Barthelme's 'Views of My Father Weeping' and Dostoevsky's Hallissy, Margaret. "Barthelme's 'Views of My Father Weeping' and Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment. " Studies in Short Fiction Studies in Short Fiction 18, no. 1 (1981): 7779. 18, no. 1 (1981): 7779. Herr, Cheryl. "Fathers, Daughters, Anxiety, and Fiction." In Herr, Cheryl. "Fathers, Daughters, Anxiety, and Fiction." In Discontented Discourses: Feminism/Textual Intervention/Psychoa.n.a.lysis Discontented Discourses: Feminism/Textual Intervention/Psychoa.n.a.lysis, edited by Marleen S. Barr and Richard Feldstein, 173207. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989. Herrscher, Walter. "Names in Donald Barthelme's Short Stories." Herrscher, Walter. "Names in Donald Barthelme's Short Stories." Names: Journal of the American Name Society Names: Journal of the American Name Society 34, no. 2 (1986): 125133. 34, no. 2 (1986): 125133. Horvath, Brooke: "Fool's Paradise?" Horvath, Brooke: "Fool's Paradise?" Denver Quarterly Denver Quarterly 22, no. 2 (1987): 98102. 22, no. 2 (1987): 98102. Ishiwi, Takayoshi. "The Body That Speaks." Posted at Ishiwi, Takayoshi. "The Body That Speaks." Posted at www.asahi-net.or.jp/~kp7t -iswr/btsintro.html. Johnson, R. E. "Bees Barking in the Night: The End and the Beginning of Donald Barthelme's Narrative." Johnson, R. E. "Bees Barking in the Night: The End and the Beginning of Donald Barthelme's Narrative." Boundary Boundary 2, no. 5 (1976): 7192. 2, no. 5 (1976): 7192. Juan-Navarro, Santiago. "About the Pointlessness of Patricide: A Lacanian Reading of Donald Barthelme's Juan-Navarro, Santiago. "About the Pointlessness of Patricide: A Lacanian Reading of Donald Barthelme's The Dead Father The Dead Father. " Estudos Anglo-Americans Estudos Anglo-Americans 1415 (19911992): 88103. 1415 (19911992): 88103. Kane, Thomas H. "The Death of Authors: Literary Celebrity and Automortography in Acker, Barthelme, Bukowski, and Carver's Last Acts." Kane, Thomas H. "The Death of Authors: Literary Celebrity and Automortography in Acker, Barthelme, Bukowski, and Carver's Last Acts." Literary Interpretive Theory Literary Interpretive Theory 15 (2004): 409443. 15 (2004): 409443. Kreutzer, Eberhard. "City Spectacles as Artistic Acts: Donald Barthelme's 'The Balloon' and 'The Gla.s.s Mountain.' " Kreutzer, Eberhard. "City Spectacles as Artistic Acts: Donald Barthelme's 'The Balloon' and 'The Gla.s.s Mountain.' " Anglistik und Englischunterricht Anglistik und Englischunterricht 13 (1981): 4355. 13 (1981): 4355. Krupnick, Mark C. "Notes from the Funhouse." Krupnick, Mark C. "Notes from the Funhouse." Modern Occasions Modern Occasions 1 (1970): 108112. 1 (1970): 108112. Leitch, Thomas M. 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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

I wish to acknowledge the Barthelme family, particularly Anne, Frederick, Marion, and Steven, for their forbearance, graciousness, and scrupulousness about accuracy. Whatever errors of fact and/or interpretation may remain on these pages, I am solely responsible.

Kim Herzinger, who has been, since Donald Barthelme's death, the faithful disseminator of Barthelme's previously uncollected work, gave me courage to proceed.

A research fellowship from the Oregon State University Center for the Humanities supported the initial stages of this project. A fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation enabled me to complete the book. I am grateful to the center and its director, David Robinson, and to the foundation and its president, Ed Hirsch.

Julie Grob, of the University of Houston Library, was enormously patient in allowing me to study the Donald Barthelme papers even before she and her staff had completed the cataloging. For access to crucial papers and other archival materials, I am also indebted to Raynelda Calderon and the rest of the staff at the Ma.n.u.scripts and Archives Division of the New York Public Library, to Mark Henderson of the Special Collections and Visual Resources Division of the Getty Research Library, and to the staff of the Morris Library's Special Collections at the University of Delaware. Jo Gutierrez of the Houston Chronicle Houston Chronicle Library and Linda Salitros of Texas A & M University Press were immensely helpful to me as I pursued my research. Library and Linda Salitros of Texas A & M University Press were immensely helpful to me as I pursued my research.

Marjorie Sandor, Rosellen Brown, and Ehud Havazelet encouraged this book from the start, and their insightful readings of the ma.n.u.script in the various stages of its progress helped keep the writing on track. Ted Leeson's keen eye improved the ma.n.u.script beyond my fondest hopes. Martha Lewis provided crucial help with the photographs. Kerry Ahearn's love of teaching The Dead Father The Dead Father to generations of university students inspired me. For their support of the biography, I am also grateful to Charles Baxter, Brooks Haxton, and Phillip Lopate. to generations of university students inspired me. For their support of the biography, I am also grateful to Charles Baxter, Brooks Haxton, and Phillip Lopate.

I cannot repay the generosity of the many people who kindly shared with me memories and thoughts about Donald Barthelme, who replied to my inquiries about architecture, culture, and literature, or who pointed me toward other useful sources of information: Walter Abish, Roger Angell, Beverly Arnold, John Barth, Anne Barthelme, Frederick Barthelme, Marion Barthelme, Steven Barthelme, Ann Beattie, Glenn Blake, Rosellen Brown, Joan Barthelme Bugbee, Jerome Charyn, Marc Chenetier, Thomas Cobb, Arthur Danto, John Domini, Jean Dunbar, Stephen Fox, Marianne Frisch, William Ga.s.s, Marilyn Gillet, Pat Goeters, Herman Gollob, Kim Herzinger, Oscar Hijuelos, Ed Hirsch, Alifair Kane, Karen Kennerly, Jerome Klinkowitz, Ben Koush, Phillip Lopate, Beverly Lowry, Maggie Maranto, David Markson, Victoria Meyer, Mark Mirsky, Barry Munitz, Lynn Nesbit, J. D. O'Hara, Grace Paley, Eileen Pollock, Padgett Powell, Carter Roch.e.l.le, Kirkpatrick Sale, Harrison and Sandra Starr, and Elise Hopkins Stephens.

Old friends accompanied me, in spirit, during the writing: Tom Bernatchez, Terrell Dixon, Jeff Greene, Olive Hershey, Carl Lindahl, Martha Grace Low, George Manner, John McNamara, Gary Myers, Randy Mott, Teri Ruch, Cynthia Santos, Marilyn Stablein, and Gail Storey.