Praise of Folly

By - Erasmus, Desiderius

Floor - Floor 3

Published - Alma Books, London, 2013

ISBN 10 - 1847493246

ISBN 13 - 9781847493248

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Praise of Folly.

Shelf No - 10

Call Number - 879.7 ERA

Physical Description - 1 online resource (321 pages)

Book Information

The goddess Folly gives a speech, praising herself and explaining how much humanity benefits from her services, from politicians to philosophers, aristocrats, schoolteachers, poets, lawyers, theologians, monarchs and the clergy. At the same time, her discourse provides a satire of Erasmus's world, poking fun at false pedantry and the aberrations of Christianity. Woven throughout her monologue, a thread of irony calls into question the goddess's own words, in which ambiguities, allusions and interpretations collide in a way that makes Praise of Folly enduringly fascinating.

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