"Dramatic Action" class hand-out with Barth's notes
Syllabus for Writing Seminars 22.623/4 with Barth's notes
"The Bare Bones of Literature in General" class hand-out with Barth's notes
First page of "The Tragic View of Liberal Education"
First page of "Welcome to College--and My Books"
First page of "John Barth: Teller of Tales"
Cover of Uomini E Libri, containing interview with John Barth, by Michele Ricciardelli
Cover of The Idol, special issue on John Barth
Cover of Town and Gown Magazine, containing "Breakfast with Barth," by Terry Dunkle
Self-portrait, with cover of Literatura Na Swiecie: John Barth
Three books about John Barth's writing

John Barth has spent much of his working life as a professor of literature and creative writing. During his twenty-two year teaching career at Johns Hopkins, Barth distributed his manifesto on fiction writing, “The Bare Bones of Literature,” as a first-day-of-class handout. “The Bare Bones of Literature” shows how seriously and closely Barth studies story mechanics.  Like his syllabi, articles, and opinion pieces, it robustly demonstrates his prowess at deconstructing narrative methods and possibilities. In return, Barth’s own work has been the subject of scrutiny and analysis by critics around the world.