The Ship of Fools - Brossura

Brant, Sebastian

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486257916 ISBN 13: 9780486257914

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 1962

Riassunto

Published in 1494 in Basel, The Ship of Fools was soon translated into every major European language. It provoked a vast number of imitations and remained steadily in print through the eighteenth century (with sporadic reprints after that). It still possesses an enormous vigor and vitality.
The book owes its long life to an imagination, wit, and humor rich with insights into human nature, yet neither bitter nor namby pamby. Its commentary on the boasting, pedantry, false learning, gambling, gluttony, medical folly, adultery, greed, envy, hatred, pride and other failings that mark humanity are sharp and telling, and, sadly, as relevant today as they were 450 years ago.
This translation by Professor Edwin H. Zeydel is the only accurate English translation ever published. (Barclay's version is really a pastiche written in imitation of Brant.) The form Professor Zeydel uses is verse, like the original, and he even retains the original rhyme scheme and meter. The achievement is remarkable, for it captures all the charm and movement of the original German while sacrificing nothing to readability and fluidity.
Published now with the 114 original Renaissance woodcuts and with Professor Zeydel's annotations, a biography of Brant, a publishing history, and a survey of the work's influence, this will unquestionably remain the definitive edition of The Ship of Fools in English. The illustrations are part of Dover's Pictorial Archive Series and may be used by commercial artists free of charge.

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INTRODUCTION I. THE LIFE AND WORKS OF BRANT II. THE ANTECEDENTS "NARRENSCHIFF" AND GENESIS III. A CHARACTERIZATION AND LITERARY TORY OF THE "NARRENSCHIFF" HIS­ (I) Contents and Style.-(2) The vVoodcuts.-(3) The Edi­tions and Reprints.-(4) The Translations and Adaptations IV. THE "NARRENSCHIFF" AS A FORCE IN LITERA­TURE V. BIBLIOGRAPHY TEXT COMMENTARY INDEX

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Definitive English language edition of influential (1494) allegorical classic. Sweeping satire of weaknesses, vices, grotesqueries of the day. Includes 114 royalty-free illustrations.

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 1962
• ISBN 10: 0486257916
• ISBN 13: 9780486257914
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 399