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Hudibras (Volume I)

Hudibras (Volume I)

Butler, Samuel

Paperback

HumorGeneral PoetryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354503845
ISBN13: 9789354503849
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 22 2021
Pages: 360
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Enter Restoration England, where politics and piety collide. In Hudibras (Volume I), Samuel Butler turns the turmoil of seventeenth-century England literature into a razor-sharp mock-heroic narrative poem. Wit bites harder than steel. Written in brisk, rhyming couplets, this classic English verse satire follows a self-styled champion of godliness as Butler exposes cant, zeal, and opportunism with relentless comic precision. The result is satirical narrative poetry that works on two levels: an English Civil War satire rooted in real factional heat, and a timeless puritan hypocrisy satire aimed at any age that mistakes slogans for virtue. Its anti-puritan political satire helped define the tone of Restoration era England, and it stands as a key bridge to later masters - the Alexander Pope mock epic and the John Dryden verse satire - showing how comic form can carry serious critique. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Whether you first met Hudibras through a classic poetry collection, a lecture hall, or alongside an annotated edition for students, Volume I rewards a quick dip or a sustained read, and earns its place on the shelf of anyone who loves English satire at full stretch. Collectors will value Butler's place in the canon; casual readers will relish the speed of the jokes and the bite of the arguments, even when the targets are centuries old, still today.

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