Essays on Life, Art and Science
Samuel Butler (1835-1902) was a British writer strongly influenced by his New Zealand experiences. He is best known for his utopian satire Erewhon; or, Over the Range (1872) and his posthumous novel The Way of All Flesh (1903). He went up to his father's alma mater, St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1854. Following graduation from Cambridge, Butler lived in a low-income parish in London. In September 1859 he emigrated to New Zealand. He wrote about his arrival and his life as a sheep farmer on Mesopotamia Station in A First Year in Canterbury Settlement (1863). Erewhon; or, Over the Range revealed Butler's long interest in Darwin's theories o…
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Weitere Autoren: Streatfeild, R. A. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4065-9558-1
- EAN: 9781406595581
- Produktnummer: 3656239
- Verlag: Dodo Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 164 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.0 cm 249 g
- Gewicht: 249
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