- English Satire, English poetry, Knights and knighthood, Poetry
The celebrated mock-epic satirizing the English republicans, with Zachary Grey's notes, which kept Butler's world of outmoded learning accessible to later generations.
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Cool, comic, ironic and warm.
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- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Samuel Butler
- First published
- 1903
- Pages
- 364
- Publisher
- Printed for Alexander Donaldson ..., Printed by J.G[rismond]. for Richard Marriot ..., Printed by T.N. for Henry Herringman, and are to be sold by T. Basset ...
- Editions
- 283
- Language
- French, German, English
- ISBN
- 9798726007885
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About Samuel Butler · 1612–1680
poet and satirist
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