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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 (Was.h.i.+ngton, D.C., 1978), audio recording. Tapes for Readers (Was.h.i.+ngton, 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.