Samuel Butler

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1. Samuel Butler
2. Samuel Butler was a poet and satirist.
3. Samuel Butler was born in Strensham, Worcestershire,
4. He was educated at the King's School,
5. After the Restoration he became secretary, or
6. In late 1662 the first part of
7. Despite the popularity of Hudibras, Butler was
8. Butler was buried at St. Paul's, Covent
9. Hudibras is directed against religious sectarianism. The
10. Butler was also influenced by satirists such
11. Most of his other writings never saw
12. Butler's taste for the mock heroic is
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Samuel Butler was a poet and satirist. He is remembered now chiefly for a longsatirical poem entitled Hudibras.

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Слайд 1Samuel Butler
14 February 1613 – 25 September 1680

Слайд 2Samuel Butler was a poet and satirist. He is remembered

now chiefly for a longsatirical poem entitled Hudibras.

Samuel Butler was a poet and satirist. He is remembered now chiefly for a longsatirical poem entitled

Слайд 3Samuel Butler was born in Strensham, Worcestershire, and was the

son of a farmer and churchwarden, also named Samuel. His

date of birth is unknown, but there is documentary evidence for the date of his baptism of 14 February.

Samuel Butler was born in Strensham, Worcestershire, and was the son of a farmer and churchwarden, also

Слайд 4He was educated at the King's School, Worcester, under Henry

Bright whose teaching is recorded favourably by Thomas Fuller, a

contemporary writer, in his Worthies of England. In early youth he was a servant to the Countess of Kent.

He was educated at the King's School, Worcester, under Henry Bright whose teaching is recorded favourably by

Слайд 5After the Restoration he became secretary, or steward, to Richard

Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery, Lord President of Wales, which

entailed living at least a year in Ludlow, Shropshireuntil January 1662 while he was paying craftsmen working on repairing the castle there.

After the Restoration he became secretary, or steward, to Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery, Lord President

Слайд 6In late 1662 the first part of Hudibras, which he

began writing when lodging at Holborn,London in 1658 and continued

to work on while in Ludlow, was published, and the other two in 1664 and 1678 respectively. One early purchaser of the first two parts was Samuel Pepys. While the diarist acknowledged that the book was the "greatest fashion" he could not see why it was found to be so witty.

In late 1662 the first part of Hudibras, which he began writing when lodging at Holborn,London in

Слайд 7Despite the popularity of Hudibras, Butler was not offered a

place at Court. However, Butler is thought to have been

in the employment of the Duke of Buckingham in the summer of 1670, and accompanied him on a diplomatic mission to France. Butler also received financial support in the form of a grant from King Charles II.

Despite the popularity of Hudibras, Butler was not offered a place at Court. However, Butler is thought

Слайд 8Butler was buried at St. Paul's, Covent Garden. Also, a

monument to him was placed in Westminster Abbey in 1732

by a printer with the surname Barber, and the Lord Mayor of London.

Butler was buried at St. Paul's, Covent Garden. Also, a monument to him was placed in Westminster

Слайд 9Hudibras is directed against religious sectarianism. The poem was very

popular in its time, and several of its phrases have

passed into the dictionary. It was sufficiently popular to spawn imitators. Hudibras takes some of its characterization from Don Quixote but unlike that work, it has many more references to personalities and events of the day.

Hudibras is directed against religious sectarianism. The poem was very popular in its time, and several of

Слайд 10Butler was also influenced by satirists such asJohn Skelton and

Paul Scarron's Virgile travesti; a satire on classical literature, particularly

Virgil. Hudibras was reprinted many times in the centuries following Butler's death. Two of the more noteworthy editions are those edited by Zachery Grey (1752) and Treadway Russell Nash (1793). The standard edition of the work was edited by John Wilders (1967).

Butler was also influenced by satirists such asJohn Skelton and Paul Scarron's Virgile travesti; a satire on

Слайд 11Most of his other writings never saw print until they

were collected and published by Robert Thyer in 1759. Butler

wrote many shortbiographies, epigrams and verses the earliest surviving from 1644. Of his verses, the best known is "The Elephant on the Moon", about a mouse trapped in a telescope, a satire on Sir Paul Neale of the Royal Society.

Most of his other writings never saw print until they were collected and published by Robert Thyer

Слайд 12Butler's taste for the mock heroic is shown by another

early poem Cynarctomachy, or Battle between Bear and Dogs, which

is both a homage to and a parody of a Greek poem ascribed to Homer, Batrachomyomachia. His supposed lack of money later in life is strange as he had numerous unpublished works which could have offered him income including a set of Theophrastan character sketches which were not printed until 1759. Many other works are dubiously attributed to him.