{"product_id":"folly-on-folly-the-praise-of-folly-a-1509-latin-prose-work-in-rhymed-english-verse-paperback","title":"Folly on Folly: The Praise of Folly, a 1509 Latin prose Work, in rhymed English verse - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Packard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Not for scholars, but for a new generation of readers unaware of Erasmus's unique genius. An innovative, ingenious update.\" - Kirkus Reviews.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Packard's verse translation does what it sets out to do: enlivens what otherwise can be heavy going.\" - Puckerbrush Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Astoundingly clever.\" - The Classical Outlook\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e By his own account, Desiderius Erasmus, a Dutch monk and scholar, wrote his 1509 Latin prose masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eThe Praise of Folly\u003c\/em\u003e, \"in seven days, more or less\" while a guest at the London home of his friend and fellow humanist Sir Thomas More. Friends with whom Erasmus shared his manuscript arranged its publication in Paris in 1511 in an unauthorized edition. Erasmus, surprised but pleased by the immediate popularity of the work, revised it seven times, with thirty-six editions appearing during his lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eFolly on Folly\u003c\/em\u003e presents this classic transcript of the goddess Folly's lecture delivered in a university hall to an audience of scholars. A persona invented by Erasmus, the goddess Folly has chosen herself as her subject. Her incongruous costume-a scholar's robe with the belled hat of a jester-suggests (correctly) that her words will be a mix of the serious with the hilarious. Throughout the lecture, she makes her case that foolishness, not rational thought, benefits humankind more-with most of the human foibles she cites, whether secular or spiritual, remaining with us today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This version of \u003cem\u003eThe Praise of Folly\u003c\/em\u003e, the first in verse, was written to commemorate the 500th anniversary of this enduring work's creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 438\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43996840919175,"sku":"9781491785577","price":25.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/dTLC2bNGHZ9781491785577.webp?v=1771947979","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/folly-on-folly-the-praise-of-folly-a-1509-latin-prose-work-in-rhymed-english-verse-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}