SOURCE: "Two Radical Royalists," and "Samuel Butler (1613-80)," in The Collected Essays of Christopher Hill: Writing and Revolution in 17th Century England, Vol. 1, The Harvester Press, 1985, pp. 275-97.
In the following essay, Hill discusses the major themes of Butler's Hudibras and the critical reception that this epic, which "is more quoted than read," has received since its publication.
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