| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Dover thrift editions |
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Dover thrift editions.
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| Summary |
Witty, influential work by one of the greatest scholars of the Renaissance satirizes the shortcomings of the upper classes and religious institutions. Required reading for humanities classes, this literary gem is ripe with vignettes and caricatures - with Folly, a metaphor for stupidity, the centerpiece. Unabridged republication of the John Wilson translation |
| Notes |
"This is an unabridged republication of a standard text of John Wilson's 1668 translation into English of Encomium moriae, which was written in 1509 and first published in 1511"--Publisher's info |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Folly -- Early works to 1800.
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| Genre/Form |
Early works.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0486111903 (electronic bk.) |
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1306333245 (electronic bk.) |
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1504041224 |
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9780486111902 (electronic bk.) |
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9781306333245 (electronic bk.) |
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9781504041225 |
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