Erasmus in English, 1523-1584, Volume II: The Praise of Folly and other writings

Alexander Lee Davis; Gordon McGregor Kendal; Neil Rhodes

doi:10.2307/j.ctv34mzpc4

Erasmus in English, 1523-1584, Volume II: The Praise of Folly and other writings

Alexander Lee Davis (Editor), Gordon McGregor Kendal (Editor), Neil Rhodes (Editor)

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Although not translated into English until 1549, Erasmus’s most famous work, the Praise of Folly, has an English provenance as the product of his friendship with Thomas More. The text of the original translation, by Thomas Chaloner, appears here for the first time in a fully annotated, modernised edition. It is presented alongside a selection from the English Paraphrases, a central text of the Edwardian Reformation; translations of two pacifist works, the Bellum Erasmi and The Complaint of Peace, the second of which is constructed as an oration, like Praise of Folly; and the essay on the adage Sileni Alcibiadis.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	MHRA
Number of pages	382
Volume	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781781889473
ISBN (Print)	9781781889459, 9781781889466
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv34mzpc4
Publication status	Published - 5 Jan 2023

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Name	MHRA Tudor and Stuart translations
No.	26.2

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