Erasmus in English, 1523–1584: Volume 2, The Praise of Folly and Other Writings
Title | Erasmus in English, 1523–1584: Volume 2, The Praise of Folly and Other Writings PDF eBook |
Author | Alex Davis |
Publisher | MHRA |
Pages | 395 |
Release | 2023-01-05 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1781889457 |
Although not translated into English until 1549, Erasmus's most famous work, the Praise of Folly, has an English provenance as the product of his friendship with Thomas More. The text of the original translation, by Thomas Chaloner, appears here for the first time in a fully annotated, modernised edition. It is presented alongside a selection from the English Paraphrases, a central text of the Edwardian Reformation; translations of two pacifist works, the Bellum Erasmiand The Complaint of Peace, the second of which is constructed as an oration, like Praise of Folly; and the essay on the adage Sileni Alcibiadis.
The Praise of Folly and Other Writings
Title | The Praise of Folly and Other Writings PDF eBook |
Author | Desiderius Erasmus |
Publisher | W W Norton & Company Incorporated |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780393957495 |
Presents a selection of writings by sixteenth-century Dutch theologian Desiderius Erasmus, including "The Praise of Folly," an ironic speech by the pagan goddess Folly in praise of herself, and includes critical essays.
Erasmus in English, 1523–1584: Volume 1, The Manual of the Christian Soldier and Other Writings
Title | Erasmus in English, 1523–1584: Volume 1, The Manual of the Christian Soldier and Other Writings PDF eBook |
Author | Alex Davis |
Publisher | MHRA |
Pages | 467 |
Release | 2023-01-05 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1781889422 |
The translation of Erasmus's Manual of the Christian Soldier, thought to be by William Tyndale, is one of the foundational texts of the English Reformation. The present edition is based for the first time on the recently-discovered manuscript dating from 1523. It is accompanied by translations of other key religious works, Erasmus's treatise on the Lord's Prayer and the introduction to the New Testament; by the anti-papal satire, Julius Exclusus; and by the Epistle in Praise of Matrimony and the Proverbs, both translated by the English Erasmian, Richard Taverner, in support of Thomas Cromwell's reformist agenda.
In Praise of Folly
Title | In Praise of Folly PDF eBook |
Author | Desiderius Erasmus |
Publisher | Cosimo, Inc. |
Pages | 109 |
Release | 2007-06-01 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 1602064601 |
Comments on the upper classes and religious institutions of the Renaissance through the personification of traits such as folly, wealth, and flattery.
In Praise of Folly
Title | In Praise of Folly PDF eBook |
Author | Desiderus Erasmus |
Publisher | Cosimo, Inc. |
Pages | 82 |
Release | 2010-01-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1616402903 |
Comments on the upper classes and religious institutions of the Renaissance through the personification of traits such as folly, wealth, and flattery.
The Praise of Folly
Title | The Praise of Folly PDF eBook |
Author | Erasmus Roterodamus |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2003-01-01 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780300097344 |
First published in Paris in 1511, this book is full of humorous, occasionally pessimistic and sometimes cynical diatribes against mankind. The author's principal targets: the Roman Catholic Church, his fellow countrymen, the Dutch, and women.
Erasmus in Praise of Folly
Title | Erasmus in Praise of Folly PDF eBook |
Author | Desiderius Erasmus |
Publisher | |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 1922 |
Genre | Folly |
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