Praise of Folly and Letter to Maarten Van Dorp - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Desiderius Erasmus, Betty Radice (Translator), A. H. T. Levi (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:1994-03-01Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140446081ISBN-10:140446087UPC:9780140446081Book Category:Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:EssaysSize:7.75 x 5.04 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.4101Product ID:SCDMXFH1AK
Praise of Folly and Letter to Maarten Van Dorp
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,...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140446081ISBN-10:140446087UPC:9780140446081Book Category:Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:EssaysSize:7.75 x 5.04 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.4101Product ID:SCDMXFH1AK
Desiderius Erasmus, (born October 27, 1469, Rotterdam, Holland--died July 12, 1536, Basel, Switzerland) was the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance, the first editor of the New Testament, and an important figure in classical literature. He helped lay the groundwork for the historical-critical study of the past, and his educational writings contributed to the replacement of the older...
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