Articles liés à Erewhon Revisited
Synopsis
Thirty years have passed since Mr. Higgs first stumbled upon that odd and baffling land: Erewhon. Finding himself in possession of a small fortune, and lonely after the death of his wife, he sets out again for that kingdom in the mountains -- to discover great changes have occurred there -- in the clothing, in the written culture, and above all in the religious fervor besetting the people . . . the dread secret of which sends him back to England, nearly paralyzed by insanity! Samuel Butler waited nearly three decades after his 1872 masterpiece Erewhon to publish its fully worthy sequel.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
Samuel Butler's Erewhon Revisited (1901) is a satirical sequel to his highly successful Erewhon. Mr. Higgs meets many unpleasant accidents and surprises in Butler's utopian nation. A new religion has come into existence as a result of distorted and misunderstood sayings, and corruption has taken over society. Butler's satire touches on subjects ranging from Darwin's theories of biological evolution to the intelligence of machines.
Biographie de l'auteur
Samuel Butler (1835-1902) is best known for his utopian satire Erewhon, his posthumous novel The Way of All Flesh, and his translations of Homer. His family background made a career in the Church inevitable, but, while serving a low-income parish in London, he began to question his faith. He lived in New Zealand for five years, and later in life spent time in Italy.
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