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Barth

[ bahrth bahrt, bahrth ]

noun

  1. John (Sim·mons) [sim, -, uh, nz], born 1930, U.S. novelist.
  2. Karl, 1886–1968, Swiss theologian.


Barth

noun

  1. bart BarthHeinrich18211865MGermanTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer Heinrich . 1821–65, German explorer: author of Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa (1857–58)
  2. bɑːθ BarthJohn (Simmons)1930MUSWRITING: novelist John ( Simmons ). born 1930, US novelist; his novels include The Sot-Weed Factor (1960), Giles Goat-Boy (1966), and Once Upon a Time (1994)
  3. bart BarthKarl18861968MSwissRELIGION: theologian Karl . 1886–1968, Swiss Protestant theologian. He stressed man's dependence on divine grace in such works as Commentary on Romans (1919)


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Barth further noted that neither Cotton or Hutchinson are known as social conservative diehards, which lessens the impact.

The novel might be a metafiction in the style of John Barth, who has also in his eighties been influenced by cognitive science.

Hamilton Barth, freaking out after his supposed crimes, contacts Helen.

U. I was very interested at that time in events between Karl Barth and Paul Tillich.

He put Barth and the factory and all his other little irritations out of his mind and tackled the tax returns.

He had been to the factory once, with Barth; it had been a confusing and, in a way, a frightening experience.

Barth, laughing, had assured him that there was no Frankenstein business of robbing graveyards and implanting brains in machines.

Barth sat at the great screen, watching as they drew on steadily toward the rendezvous, mulling over his plans.

And now the Federation was coming apart at the seams, with Barth Nevesh frantically scurrying around to catch up the pieces.

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