Praisers of Folly: Erasmus, Rabelais, ShakespeareExamination of the characters, "Stultitia" in Erasmus' "Moriae encomium", "Panurge" in Rabelais' "Pantagruel", and "Falstaff" in Shakespeare's "King Henry IV". |
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Contents
The Praise of Folly | 19 |
The Epistle Dedicatory | 27 |
The Ironic Mock Encomium | 35 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Praisers of Folly: Erasmus, Rabelais, Shakespeare Bibliography: v. 2, p. 809-823 Volume 25 of Harvard studies in comparative literature, ISSN 0073-0696 |
| Author | Walter Jacob Kaiser |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Apr 2008 |
| ISBN | 0674493850, 9780674493858 |
| Length | 318 pages |
| Subjects | › › Drama / Shakespeare Literary Criticism / European / French Literary Criticism / General Philosophy / History & Surveys / Renaissance |
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