The praise of folly / Desiderius Erasmus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. Moriae encomium.

Folly--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Folly.

Local Subjects:

Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. Moriae encomium.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 198 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

New edition / translated with an introduction and commentary by Clarence H. Miller / with a new afterword by William H. Gass.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

Translated from the Latin.

Summary:

First published in Paris in 1511. The Praise of Folly enjoyed enormous and highly controversial success from the author's lifetime down to our own day. The Praise of Folly has no rival, except perhaps Thomas More's Utopia, as the most intense and lively presentation of the literary, social, and theological aims and methods of Northern Humanism. Clarence H. Miller's highly praised translation of The Praise of Folly, based on the definitive Latin text, echoes Erasmus' own lively style while retaining the nuances of the original text. In his Introduction, Miller places the work in the context of Erasmus as humanist and theologian. In a new Afterword, William H. Gass playfully considers the meaning, or meanings, of folly and offers fresh insights into one of the great books of Western literature.

Contents:

Erasmus' Prefatory Letter to Thomas More 1

The Praise of Folly 7

Erasmus' Letter to Martin Dorp (1514) 139

An Afterword to the Praise of Folly / William H. Gass 175.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0300097344

OCLC:

52468848