Essential works of Erasmus:edited and with an introd. by W.T.H. Jackson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Bantam matrix editions/ Bantam ClassicsPublication details: New York, Bantam Books 1965Edition: Bantam matrix edition. Basic works of the great humanist,each complete and unabridgedDescription: ill.;v,18 cm,464 p. It includes chronological table (p.25) : based on P.S Allen, Erasmus, Lectures and Wayfaring Sketches, pp.x-xiiUniform titles:
  • Works. Selections. English. 1965
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 879 Jac/Ess
Summary: Erasmus, a true child of the Renaissance, wrote with a brilliance seldom equalled in the history of letters. His withering catalogue of human follies and vanities is still just as timely as it was over four centuries ago. A master stylist, famed for his elegant prose, he was also a great humanist, who believed in the ultimate triumph of reason over stupidity and prejudice. His most favous work, "The Praise of folly", is a dazzling disply of his supreme gift for irony, parody and satire. His "Colloquies" are a witty and far-ranging demonstration not only of Erasmus' own ideas on crucial questions, but of the basic thinking of his time. His "Letters" offer a fascinating personal view of such famous Renaissance figures as Sir Thomas More, Thomas Wolsey, Pope Leo X, and Martin Luther
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Translated from the Latin.

Includes bibliographical references p.447-464

Erasmus, a true child of the Renaissance, wrote with a brilliance seldom equalled in the history of letters. His withering catalogue of human follies and vanities is still just as timely as it was over four centuries ago. A master stylist, famed for his elegant prose, he was also a great humanist, who believed in the ultimate triumph of reason over stupidity and prejudice. His most favous work, "The Praise of folly", is a dazzling disply of his supreme gift for irony, parody and satire. His "Colloquies" are a witty and far-ranging demonstration not only of Erasmus' own ideas on crucial questions, but of the basic thinking of his time. His "Letters" offer a fascinating personal view of such famous Renaissance figures as Sir Thomas More, Thomas Wolsey, Pope Leo X, and Martin Luther