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Butler, Samuel

Hudibras. 2 volumes (in 1 volume).

Chiswick: Whittingham, 1818.,

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Author
Butler, Samuel
Publishers
Chiswick: Whittingham, 1818.
Size
First edition. 187 S.; 212 S. Kl.-8�. Halbleinen sp�rer Zeit.
Dust jacket
No
Languages
English
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

Papierbedingt leicht gebr�t. - The work is a satirical polemic upon Roundheads, Puritans, Presbyterians and many of the other factions involved in the English Civil War. The work was begun, according to the title page, during the civil war and published in three parts in 1663, 1664 and 1678, with the first edition encompassing all three parts in 1684 (see 1684 in poetry). The Mercurius Aulicus (an early newspaper of the time) reported an unauthorised edition of the first part was already in print in early 1662. Published only four years after Charles II had been restored to the throne and the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell being completely over, the poem found an appreciative audience. The satire is not balanced as Butler was fiercely royalist and only the parliamentarian side are singled out for ridicule. Butler also uses the work to parody some of the dreadful poetry of the time.