The Praise of Folly and the Limits of Satiric Licence
In this essay, I reconsider the proposition that Erasmus' The Praise of Folly is a satire—an attribution of genre that has long been treated as a truism. I argue that greater attention to several key sources can adjust our understanding of both the text and its kind. The article examines the e...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Erasmus studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 217-241 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance |
| Further subjects: | B
Translation
B The Praise of Folly B Satire B mordax B Reception B Genre B Juvenal B biting |
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