Samuel Butler (Critical Survey of Poetry)
Other Literary Forms
Samuel Butler wrote essays and prose in addition to verse. His best-known essay is “The Case of King Charles I Truly Stated,” which argues that the execution of Charles I was unjustified. Butler’s essay was published in Robert Thyer’s The Genuine Remains in Verse and Prose of Samuel Butler (1759), and it displays his excellent understanding of English law—an understanding that plays an important role in Hudibras—and his ability to pick apart a point of view, a trait manifested in his carefully reasoned satire.
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