The Sot-Weed Factor continues the existential themes of Barth's first two novels. In its concern with value and action, it recalls the dilemma of Todd Andrews in The Floating Opera. In its preoccupation with the construction of individual identity and spiritual paralysis, however, The Sot-Weed Factor is a sequel to The End of the Road (1958).
Since, in fact, Barth has described these three novels as a "nihilistic trilogy,".....
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