Introduction
By R. A. Streatfeild
The nucleus of this book is the collection of essays
by Samuel Butler, which was originally published by
Mr. Grant Richards in 1904 under the title Essays
on Life, Ar...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Humour of Homer and Other Essays
Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler