Butler, Samuel
Samuel Butler (1835–1902) was born in Nottinghamshire, England, on December 4. He was an early critic of evolutionary theory and was among the first to raise philosophical questi...
Read more
Butler, Samuel(1835–1902)
The English writer and critic Samuel Butler was the author of the satirical novels The Way of All Flesh, Erewhon, and Erewhon Revisited, as well as several discussions...
Read more
The English novelist and essayist Samuel Butler (1835-1902) was a critic of established religious, social, and scientific ideas.Samuel Butler was born on Dec. 4, 1835, in Langar, near Bingham, Notting...
Read more
Largely overlooked by the general public in his own time--only one of his books, Erewhon Revisited Twenty Years Later (1901), was published without financial support from its author-- Samuel Butler a...
Read more
Samuel Butler's reputation today rests almost entirely on his three fictional works--the post-humously published novel The Way of All Flesh (1903), together with the philosophical tales Erewhon (1872...
Read more
As the author of Hudibras (1663-1678), a poetic monster of grotesque comic/satiric proportions, Samuel Butler has achieved legendary status as a monster maker. Previous to this century, Butler was mai...
Read more
Samuel Butler , known largely in the late twentieth century (if at all) as the author of Hudibras (1663-1678) and whom librarians and students confuse with a late-Victorian novelist, was in his day a ...
Read more
Samuel Butler is not exactly well known today in English literature, though he may be better known and more widely read now than in his own time, the latter days of the Victorian period. He was genera...
Read more
Biography EssayAlthough Samuel Butler was largely overlooked by the general public in his own time— only one of his books, Erewhon Revisited Twenty Years Later (1901), was published without fin...
Read more
The English poet Samuel Butler (ca. 1613-1680) is best known as the author of "Hudibras," a long comic poem that satirizes the Puritans.The exact date of Samuel Butler's birth is unknown. He was bapti...
Read more
Butler, Samuel
Butler, Samuel (1835-1902)
Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler