Although 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 financial support from its author—Samuel Butler achieved fame...

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 achieved fame soon after his death in 1902 and has...

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) and Erewhon Revisited (1901). Though he composed a...

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 favorite writer with kings and clergymen alike....

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 mainly known as an anti-Puritan satirist who broadly...

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 generally considered a crackpot philosopher rather than a...

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, Nottinghamshire, the son of the local vicar. In a time of...

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 baptized Feb. 14, 1613, in Strensham, Worcestershire....