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John barth was born in cambridge, maryland, and briefly studied elementary theory and advanced orchestration at juilliard before attending johns hopkins university, receiving a b. To ask other readers questions about the sotweed factor, please sign up. A parody of the historical novel, it is based on and takes its title from a satirical poem published in 1708 by ebenezer cooke, who is the protagonist of barths work. John barth, called jack, was born in cambridge, maryland. The sotweed factor is very funny, very inventive, and deserved of its modern classic status. The sotweed factor is a 1960 novel by the american writer john barth. Barth s lively, highly original collection of short pieces is a major landmark of experimental fiction. Click download or read online button to get john barth s the sot weed factor as literature of exhaustion book now. If in the sotweed factor and giles goatboy barth thus. The first edition of the novel was published in 2005, and was written by joe vitale. This modern classic is a hilarious tribute to all the most insidious hum. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 756 pages and is available in paperback format. John barths the sotweed factor, published almost three centuries later, can be. Critics generally consider the sotweed factor to mark the beginning of a period in which barth established himself at.
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