In Praise of Folly

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. Includes vintage illustration

Author: Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 09/12/2016
Pages: 146
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d
ISBN13: 9781537610665
ISBN10: 153761066X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Satire

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