Author
Desiderius Erasmus
Book Format
paperback (B format)
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Published
November 1993
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Praise Of Folly
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Author
Desiderius Erasmus
Book Format
paperback (B format)
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Published
November 1993
£9.96
Available - Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Praise Of Folly
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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.
Author
Desiderius Erasmus
Book Format
paperback (B format)
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Published
November 1993
Additional Information
lvi, 188 p. ;
Edition
New ed
Intro By
A.H.T. Levi
Weight
194g
Page Count
256
Dimensions
131 x 197 x 17 mm
ISBN
9780140446081
ISBN-10
0140446087
Eden Code
1006371
More Information
Author/Creator: Desiderius Erasmus
ISBN: 9780140446081
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Release Date: November 1993
Weight: 194g
Dimensions: 131 x 197 x 17 mm
Eden Code: 1006371