Giles Goat-Boy
1966 novel by John Barth / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Giles Goat-Boy (1966) is the fourth novel by American writer John Barth. It is a metafictional comic novel in which the universe is portrayed as a university campus in an elaborate allegory of both the hero's journey and the Cold War. Its title character is a human boy raised as a goat, who comes to believe he is the Grand Tutor, the predicted Messiah. The book was a surprise bestseller for the previously obscure Barth, and in the 1960s had a cult status. It marks Barth's leap into American postmodern fabulism.
Quick Facts Author, Original title ...
Author | John Barth |
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Original title | Giles Goat-Boy or The Revised New Syllabus of George Giles our Grand Tutor |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1966 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 710 pp |
OCLC | 15489838 |
813/.54 19 | |
LC Class | PS3552.A75 G5 1987 |
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