The Sot-Weed Factor
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"John Barth's The Sot-Weed Factor is a thoroughly fictional account of the life of real person Ebenezer Cooke, a Maryland colonist who in 1708 wrote the real satirical poem ""The Sot-Weed Factor"". Barth's Cooke is a naive innocent who sets out to write a heroic epic, becomes disillusioned and ends up writing a biting satire." --Sholem Stein |
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The Sot-Weed Factor is the title of two related literary works:
- "The Sot-Weed Factor" (poem), an 18th-century satirical poem by Ebenezer Cooke
- The Sot-Weed Factor (novel), a 1960 novel by John Barth
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