The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 by Sebastian Brant
"The Ship of Fools, Volume 1" by Sebastian Brant is a satirical allegory in German verse published in 1494. This illustrated work presents 112 brief satires attacking the weaknesses and vices of its time through the popular ship of fools trope. Speaking through the voice of the fool, Brant could freely criticize church and society in pre-Reformation Europe. The book became wildly popular, spawning numerous authorized and unauthorized editions across Europe and
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| Author | Brant, Sebastian, 1458-1521 |
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| Editor | Jamieson, T. H. (Thomas Hill), 1843-1876 |
| Translator | Barclay, Alexander, 1475?-1552 |
| Title | The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Fools_(satire) |
| Credits |
Produced by Frank van Drogen, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 57.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | German poetry -- Translations into English |
| Subject | English poetry -- Translations from German |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 20179 |
| Release Date | Dec 23, 2006 |
| Most Recently Updated | Apr 9, 2008 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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