Praisers of folly
Subtitle: Erasmus, Rabelais, Shakespeare.
Series: Harvard studies in comparative literature,; 25
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1963
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536; Rabelais, François, ca. 1490-1553?; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Fools and jesters in literature; Folly in literature
Description: Examination of the characters, "Stultitia" in Erasmus' "Moriae encomium", "Panurge" in Rabelais' "Pantagruel", and "Falstaff" in Shakespeare's "King Henry IV."
Notes: Bibliographical footnotes. Bibliography: p. [299]-311.