The Sot-Weed Factor or A Voyage to Maryland. A Satyr (1708)
Fiction & Literature, Poetry, British & Irish
| Author: | Ebenezer Cook | ISBN: | 9781455312832 |
| Publisher: | B&R Samizdat Express | Publication: | December 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ebenezer Cook |
| ISBN: | 9781455312832 |
| Publisher: | B&R Samizdat Express |
| Publication: | December 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
According to Wikipedia: "Ebenezer Cooke (ca. 1665 ca. 1732), a London-born poet, wrote what some scholars consider the first American satire: “The Sotweed Factor, or A Voyage to Maryland, A Satyr” (1708). He has been fictionalized by John Barth as the comically innocent protagonist of The Sot-Weed Factor, a novel in which a series of fantastic misadventures leads Cooke to write his poem. As Barth explained, The SotWeed Factor began with the title and, of course, Ebenezer Cooke's original poem. . . . Nobody knows where the real chap is buried; I made up a grave for Ebenezer because I wanted to write his epitaph.' "
According to Wikipedia: "Ebenezer Cooke (ca. 1665 ca. 1732), a London-born poet, wrote what some scholars consider the first American satire: “The Sotweed Factor, or A Voyage to Maryland, A Satyr” (1708). He has been fictionalized by John Barth as the comically innocent protagonist of The Sot-Weed Factor, a novel in which a series of fantastic misadventures leads Cooke to write his poem. As Barth explained, The SotWeed Factor began with the title and, of course, Ebenezer Cooke's original poem. . . . Nobody knows where the real chap is buried; I made up a grave for Ebenezer because I wanted to write his epitaph.' "
