In praise of folly
(2012)
Nonfiction
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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Dover Publications : Made available through hoopla, 2012
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1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9780486111902 (electronic bk.) MWT11602220, 0486111903 (electronic bk.) 11602220
LANGUAGE
English
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Witty, influential work by one of the greatest scholars of the Renaissance satirizes the shortcomings of the upper classes and religious institutions. Required reading for humanities classes, this literary gem is ripe with vignettes and caricatures - with Folly, a metaphor for stupidity, the centerpiece. Unabridged republication of the John Wilson translation
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