Praisers of Folly : Erasmus, Rabelais, Shakespeare / Walter Kaiser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaiser, Walter, author.

Series:

Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature

Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. Moriae encomium.

Fools and jesters in literature.

Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553? Pantagruel.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV.

Local Subjects:

Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. Moriae encomium.

Fools and jesters in literature.

Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553? Pantagruel.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Praisers of Folly".

Contents:

Frontmatter

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

NOTE ON TEXTS

PROLOGUE: THE FOOL

I. ERASMUS' STULTITIA

1. THE PRAISE OF FOLLY

2. THE EPISTLEDE DICATORY

3. The Ironic Mock Encomium

4. The Transvaluation of Values: Technique

5. The Transvaluation of Values: Application

6. The Fool in Christ

7. The Fool of Nature

II. RABELAIS' PANURGE

8. Le Tiers Livre

9. The Prologue

10. Panurge in Salmiguondin

11. The Quest

12. The Symposium

13. Bridoye and Triboullet

14. Pantagruelism

III. SHAKESPEARE'S FALSTAFF

15. The Fool in Drama

16. Falstaff and Stultitia

17. Falstaff and Hotspur

18. Falstaff and the Lord Chief Justice

19. Falstaff and Prince Hal

20. Falstaff the Fool

EPILOGUE: THE LAST FOOL

BIBLIOGRAPHY. INDEX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

0-674-49385-0

OCLC:

1013947246