Praise of folly ; and, Letter to Maarten Van Dorp, 1515
- Responsibility
- Erasmus of Rotterdam ; translated by Betty Radice ; with an introduction and notes by A.H.T. Levi.
- Uniform Title
- Moriae encomium. English
- Imprint
- London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1993.
- Physical description
- lvi, 188 p. ; 20 cm.
- Series
- Penguin classics.
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Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536
- Contributor
- Radice, Betty.
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. lv-lvi) and index.
- Publisher's Summary
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Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1466 1536) is one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance humanist movement, which abandoned medieval pieties in favour of a rich new vision of the individual's potential. Praise of Folly, written to amuse his friend Sir Thomas More, is Erasmus's best-known work. Its dazzling mixture of fantasy and satire is narrated by a personification of Folly, dressed as a jester, who celebrates youth, pleasure, drunkenness and sexual desire, and goes on to lambast human pretensions, foibles and frailties, to mock theologians and monks and to praise the folly' of simple Christian piety. Erasmus's wit, wordplay and wisdom made the book an instant success, but it also attracted what may have been sales-boosting criticism. The Letter to Maarten van Dorp, which is a defence of his ideas and methods, is also included.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) - Included work
- Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. Letter to Martin Dorp
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- Publication date
- 1993
- Title variation
- Praise of folly
- Letter to Maarten Van Dorp
- Series
- Penguin classics
- Note
- "Introduction and notes have been brought up to date ... the translation was revised"--P. [x].
- ISBN
- 0140446087 :
- 9780140446081
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