POST MODERNISM
The Sot-Weed Factor
by John Barth
Synopsis:
Set in the late 1600s, it recounts the wildly chaotic odyssey of hapless, ungainly Ebenezer Cooke, sent to the New World to look after his father's tobacco business and to record the struggles of the Maryland colony in an epic poem.
On his mission, Cooke experiences capture by pirates and Indians; the loss of his father's estate to roguish impostors; love for a farmer prostitute; stealthy efforts to rob him of his virginity, which he is (almost) determined to protect; and an extraordinary gallery of treacherous characters who continually switch identities. A hilarious, bawdy tribute to all the most insidious human vices.
On his mission, Cooke experiences capture by pirates and Indians; the loss of his father's estate to roguish impostors; love for a farmer prostitute; stealthy efforts to rob him of his virginity, which he is (almost) determined to protect; and an extraordinary gallery of treacherous characters who continually switch identities. A hilarious, bawdy tribute to all the most insidious human vices.
Analysis:
This book is about a satire of humanity at large and the costume romance. The author employed a variety of fresh, vivid verbs for its function. The lines are simply both in act and attitude. This describes the laws, government, and even then constitution of the country in some part of America.
This book is about a satire of humanity at large and the costume romance. The author employed a variety of fresh, vivid verbs for its function. The lines are simply both in act and attitude. This describes the laws, government, and even then constitution of the country in some part of America.
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