The Samuel " Hudibras " Butler Page
( 1612 - 1680 )
This Samuel Butler is sometimes called Hudibras Butler to distinguish him from
his 19th Century secret sharer, who wrote Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh.
Major Works
There would appear to be no Butler in print although Oxford Press has published at least parts I and II of Hudibras within living memory.
Hudibras (1662; 1663; 1678). Edited by Zachary Grey, 1774; includes plates by Hogarth (see below).
Don't miss the Ex-Classics on-line version at Hudibras.
Characters ( 1667 - 69; published, 1759 ). Edited with an introduction by Charles W. Daves. Case Western Reserve, 1970.
About Butler
Samuel Johnson, " The Life of Butler " in Lives of the Poets
George Wasserman, Samuel "Hudibras" Butler. Twayne, 1976.
Ex-Classics Samuel Butler Page
Some Illustrations by William Hogarth for Hudibras
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