George Butler
Biographic Data
| ID | 5423263 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George Butler |
| GIVEN NAMES | George |
| FAMILY NAME | Butler |
| SIGNATURE | BUTLER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fairfield University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6207-6225 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1844 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Satan and Briareos in Vida's Christiad and Milton's Paradise Lost
The Fall of Tydeus and the Failure of Satan
Throughout Paradise Lost (1667 and 1674), Milton contrasts the classical heroism of Satan with the Christian heroism of the Son. The most important classical model for Milton's epic was Virgil's Aeneid (ca. 19 B.C.), in which the hero Aeneas dutifully obeys his father and the gods, valiantly fights his enemies, and triumphantly gives birth to the Roman world. As Mario A. Di Cesare has summarized, "Nobody would quarrel with the view that Vergil's …
The Fall of Tydeus and the Failure of Satan
Research Article| January 01 2006 THE FALL OF TYDEUS AND THE FAILURE OF SATAN: STATIUS’ THEBAID, DANTE’S COMMEDIA, AND MILTON’S PARADISE LOST GEORGE F. BUTLER GEORGE F. BUTLER Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Literature Studies (2006) 43 (1-2): 134–152. https://doi.org/10.2307/25659508 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation GEORGE F. BUTLER; THE FALL OF TYDEUS AND THE FAILURE…
Statius and Dante's Giants
Near the beginning of Inferno 31, Dante's pilgrim mistakes the giants of Cocytus for a wall of towers surrounding a city. While Dante's account does not have a clear parallel in the Aeneid or Metamorphoses, it summons the Thebaid. In the underworld of Statius' poem, soldiers who are the offspring of Mars encircle a blood-red lake. Statius calls them earth-born, and his phrase links them with the rebellious giants of classical myth. Statius also s…
“And that a winged Mercury did bear”
Research Article| March 01 2002 “And that a winged Mercury did bear”: Shakespeare's Mercury in The Tragedy of Richard the Third George F. Butler George F. Butler Fairfield, Connecticut Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google English Language Notes (2002) 39 (3): 18–27. https://doi.org/10.1215/00138282-39.3.18 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation George F. Butler; “And…
Leviathan and Spenser's Temple of Isis
(2000). Leviathan and Spenser's Temple of Isis: Biblical Myth and Britomart's Dream in Book 5 of The Faerie Queene. ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews: Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 8-14
The Trophies of Time
Graham Parry. The Trophies of Time: English Antiquarians of the Seventeenth Century. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. 16 b/w illus. + xi + 382 pp. $85. ISBN: 0-19-812962-9. - Volume 51 Issue 2
Power to Inspire Canterbury Cathedral, 8 April-31 October, 1997
(1997). Power to Inspire Canterbury Cathedral, 8 April-31 October, 1997. Mortality: Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 277-277
X. Account of the traces of a Roman Villa discovered, A. D. 1840, at Gayton, near Northampton, communicated in a Letter from the Very Reverend George Butler, D.D., Dean of Peterborough, F.S.A., to Sir…
In a field, called “the Warren,” (part of the property of Sir Joseph Hawley, Bart, of Leybourne Grange, in the co. of Kent,) situated at the southern boundary of the parish of Gayton, and bordering upon the parish of Blisworth, the plough had oft-times been impeded by large stones, evidencing the traces of some old building. In the month of February 1840, the occupier of the field, desirous of removing this obstacle to his agriculture, and wantin…
Statius and Dante's Giants
Near the beginning of Inferno 31, Dante's pilgrim mistakes the giants of Cocytus for a wall of towers surrounding a city. While Dante's account does not have a clear parallel in the Aeneid or Metamorphoses, it summons the Thebaid. In the underworld of Statius' poem, soldiers who are the offspring of Mars encircle a blood-red lake. Statius calls them earth-born, and his phrase links them with the rebellious giants of classical myth. Statius also s…
X. Account of the traces of a Roman Villa discovered, A. D. 1840, at Gayton, near Northampton, communicated in a Letter from the Very Reverend George Butler, D.D., Dean of Peterborough, F.S.A., to Sir…
In a field, called “the Warren,” (part of the property of Sir Joseph Hawley, Bart, of Leybourne Grange, in the co. of Kent,) situated at the southern boundary of the parish of Gayton, and bordering upon the parish of Blisworth, the plough had oft-times been impeded by large stones, evidencing the traces of some old building. In the month of February 1840, the occupier of the field, desirous of removing this obstacle to his agriculture, and wantin…
Power to Inspire Canterbury Cathedral, 8 April-31 October, 1997
(1997). Power to Inspire Canterbury Cathedral, 8 April-31 October, 1997. Mortality: Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 277-277
The Trophies of Time
Graham Parry. The Trophies of Time: English Antiquarians of the Seventeenth Century. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. 16 b/w illus. + xi + 382 pp. $85. ISBN: 0-19-812962-9. - Volume 51 Issue 2
Leviathan and Spenser's Temple of Isis
(2000). Leviathan and Spenser's Temple of Isis: Biblical Myth and Britomart's Dream in Book 5 of The Faerie Queene. ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews: Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 8-14
“And that a winged Mercury did bear”
Research Article| March 01 2002 “And that a winged Mercury did bear”: Shakespeare's Mercury in The Tragedy of Richard the Third George F. Butler George F. Butler Fairfield, Connecticut Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google English Language Notes (2002) 39 (3): 18–27. https://doi.org/10.1215/00138282-39.3.18 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation George F. Butler; “And…
Statius and Dante's Giants
Near the beginning of Inferno 31, Dante's pilgrim mistakes the giants of Cocytus for a wall of towers surrounding a city. While Dante's account does not have a clear parallel in the Aeneid or Metamorphoses, it summons the Thebaid. In the underworld of Statius' poem, soldiers who are the offspring of Mars encircle a blood-red lake. Statius calls them earth-born, and his phrase links them with the rebellious giants of classical myth. Statius also s…
The Fall of Tydeus and the Failure of Satan
Throughout Paradise Lost (1667 and 1674), Milton contrasts the classical heroism of Satan with the Christian heroism of the Son. The most important classical model for Milton's epic was Virgil's Aeneid (ca. 19 B.C.), in which the hero Aeneas dutifully obeys his father and the gods, valiantly fights his enemies, and triumphantly gives birth to the Roman world. As Mario A. Di Cesare has summarized, "Nobody would quarrel with the view that Vergil's …
The Fall of Tydeus and the Failure of Satan
Research Article| January 01 2006 THE FALL OF TYDEUS AND THE FAILURE OF SATAN: STATIUS’ THEBAID, DANTE’S COMMEDIA, AND MILTON’S PARADISE LOST GEORGE F. BUTLER GEORGE F. BUTLER Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Literature Studies (2006) 43 (1-2): 134–152. https://doi.org/10.2307/25659508 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation GEORGE F. BUTLER; THE FALL OF TYDEUS AND THE FAILURE…
Satan and Briareos in Vida's Christiad and Milton's Paradise Lost
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