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Praise of Folly by Erasmus, Desiderius
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- Binding
- Paperback
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- Product Group
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- IsTextBook
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- ISBN
- 9780140446081
- Book Title
- Praise of Folly and Letter to Maarten Van Dorp
- Item Length
- 7.8in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 1994
- Format
- Uk-B Format Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Philosophy
- Topic
- Philosophers, Medieval, General, Movements / Humanism, Essays
- Item Width
- 5.2in
- Item Weight
- 6.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0140446087
ISBN-13
9780140446081
eBay Product ID (ePID)
41394
Product Key Features
Book Title
Praise of Folly and Letter to Maarten Van Dorp
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Philosophers, Medieval, General, Movements / Humanism, Essays
Publication Year
1994
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Philosophy
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.8in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
6.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pa8514.E5 1993
Notes by
Levi, A. H. T.
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Grade to
Up
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Table of Content
Praise of Folly Preface to the 1993 Edition Introduction 1. The importance of the Praise of Folly 2. Erasmus, scholastics, humanists and reformers 3. The Praise of Folly , Dorp and the spirituality of Erasmus Select Bibliography Praise of Folly Prefatory Letter Moriae Encomium , that is, the Praise of Folly Letter to Maarten Van Dorp, 1515 Index
Copyright Date
2004
Lccn
94-142502
Dewey Decimal
Fic
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
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