The Sot-Weed Factor
John Barth
Bantam (1982)
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Historical Fiction
Satire, Maryland - Fiction, Picaresque Literature
Mass Market Paperback 9780553234008
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A satirical epic set in the 1680s–90s in London and colonial Maryland, the novel tells of a fictionalized Ebenezer Cooke, who is given the title "Poet Laureate of Maryland" by Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore and commissioned to write a Marylandiad to sing the praises of the colony. He undergoes adventures on his journey to and within Maryland while striving to preserve his virginity.
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