Fools and Folly : During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance / Barbara Swain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swain, Barbara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fools and jesters.

Civilization, Medieval.

Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.

Literature, Medieval.

Renaissance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1932]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies the role of the fool as a perennial figure who appears in literature in many forms and under many names.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword

Contents

I. Introduction

II. The Fool in Disgrace - Failure and Sinner

III. The Fool Triumphs over the Wise Man

IV. The Fool in Person

V. The Joyous Societies

VI. The Fool's Roles in the Sotties

VII. The Ship of Fools

VIII. The Praise of Folly

IX. Roles of Folly in English Moralities

X. The Fool Exhausted

XI. Conclusion

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231882378

0231882378

OCLC:

1100434863