Praisers of Folly: Erasmus, Rabelais, Shakespeare

Walter Kaiser

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Praisers of Folly

Erasmus, Rabelais, Shakespeare

Walter Kaiser

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1963

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Volume 25 | Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature

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

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October 1, 2013

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9780674493858

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February 5, 1963

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9780674493834

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Reprint 2014

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318

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674493858

eBook ISBN: 9780674493858

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Keywords for this book

Fools and jesters in literature.; Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. Moriae encomium.; Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553? Pantagruel.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV.

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