Hasty-Pudding

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Hasty-Pudding is a mock-heroic poem by Joel Barlow that humorously celebrates the simple American cornmeal dish as a symbol of rustic virtue and national identity.

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instanceOf mock-heroic poem
poem
associatedWith early American literature
post-Revolutionary American culture
author Joel Barlow NERFINISHED
authorOf Hasty-Pudding NERFINISHED
contrastsWith European refinement
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts New England rural life
firstPublicationCentury 18th century
genre mock-heroic poetry
hasCulturalRole celebration of American agrarian values
early assertion of distinct American literature
hasWorkTitle The Hasty-Pudding NERFINISHED
language English
literaryForm narrative poem
literaryMovement early American republicanism
literaryStyle mock-epic
meter heroic couplets
praises cornmeal mush
plain food
setIn rural New England
subject cornmeal dish hasty pudding
symbolizes American simplicity
domestic virtue
national character
theme American national identity
celebration of simple rural life
rustic virtue
tone humorous
satirical
usesDevice exaggeration for comic effect
parody of epic conventions
workOf Joel Barlow NERFINISHED

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Joel Barlow notableWork Hasty-Pudding