Hasty Pudding
work by Barlow
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The Hasty Pudding is a mock-heroic poem written by Joel Barlow, an American poet and public official. Published in 1796, the poem is a humorous work inspired by Barlow's homesickness for New England and its staple food, cornmeal mush, also known as hasty pudding.12
The poem is celebrated for its vivid descriptions of rural scenes and is considered Barlow's most enduring literary work. Barlow was also a member of the Connecticut Wits, a group of writers who aimed to establish a national literature for the United States.1
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