The title character of that novel by this author is raised by Max Spielman after being rescued from WESCAC and eventually rises to become the Grand Tutor of New Tammany College.
One of this author's novels contains a cover letter apologizing for not delivering The Seeker and an extended parody of Oedpius Rex called Taliped Decanus, as well as a character who coins phrases like "proctoscopy repeats hagiography". The title character of that novel by this author is raised by Max Spielman after being rescued from WESCAC and eventually rises to become the Grand Tutor of New Tammany College. Another of his protagonists marries the prostitute Joan Toast and is tutored by Henry (*) Burlingame III. This author's novellas Dunyazadiad, Perseid, and Bellerophoniad can be found in his 1973 collection Chimera. In one of his novels, Ebenezer Cooke is given the title of "Poet Laureate of Maryland" and composes the titular poem about a tobacco merchant. For 10 points, name this postmodernist American author of Giles Goat-Boy and The Sot-Weed Factor.
One of this author's novels contains a cover letter apologizing for not delivering The Seeker and an extended parody of Oedpius Rex called Taliped Decanus, as well as a character who coins phrases like "proctoscopy repeats hagiography".
John Simmons Barth