Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

Originally published in 1948, this book discusses various aspects of the life and works of the novelist Samuel Butler, author of Erehwon.

P. N. Furbank (Author)

9781107653160, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 May 2014

122 pages
20 x 12.8 x 0.8 cm, 0.15 kg

Originally published in 1948, this book presents a concise discussion regarding various aspects of the life and works of the novelist Samuel Butler, author of Erehwon (1872). The text is an amended version of Furbank's 1946 Le Bas Prize winning essay. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Samuel Butler and nineteenth-century literature.

Foreword
Bibliographical note
1. Butler and Muggeridge
2. 'The scratchings of a mouse'
3. The writings on evolution
4. Butler and Miss Savage
5. Erewhon Revisited, The Coming Race and News from Nowhere
6. Samuel Butler and his Family Relations
7. Upon the Butler Collection at St John's College, Cambridge.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [DSBF]