Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
3. CONTENTS xi
4. NOTE ON TEXTS xiii
5. PROLOGUE: THE FOOL 1
6. I. ERASMUS' STULTITIA
7. 1. THE PRAISE OF FOLLY 19
8. 2. THE EPISTLEDE DICATORY 27
9. 3. The Ironic Mock Encomium 35
10. 4. The Transvaluation of Values: Technique 51
11. 5. The Transvaluation of Values: Application 63
12. 6. The Fool in Christ 84
13. 7. The Fool of Nature 91
14. II. RABELAIS' PANURGE
15. 8. Le Tiers Livre 103
16. 9. The Prologue 111
17. 10. Panurge in Salmiguondin 127
18. 11. The Quest 136
19. 12. The Symposium 151
20. 13. Bridoye and Triboullet 163
21. 14. Pantagruelism 179
22. III. SHAKESPEARE'S FALSTAFF
23. 15. The Fool in Drama 195
24. 16. Falstaff and Stultitia 209
25. 17. Falstaff and Hotspur 224
26. 18. Falstaff and the Lord Chief Justice 235
27. 19. Falstaff and Prince Hal 252
28. 20. Falstaff the Fool 267
29. EPILOGUE: THE LAST FOOL 277
30. BIBLIOGRAPHY. INDEX
31. BIBLIOGRAPHY 299
32. INDEX 313