{"product_id":"the-praise-of-folly-and-other-writings-a-new-translation-with-critical-commentary-norton-critical-editions-english-and-latin-edition-9780393957495","title":"The Praise of Folly and Other Writings: A New Translation With Critical Commentary (Norton Critical Editions) (English and Latin Edition)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Praise of Folly and Other Writings: A New Translation With Critical Commentary (Norton Critical Editions) (English and Latin Edition)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Erasmus, Desiderius. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780393957495.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBesides the celebrated Praise of Folly, Robert M. Adams has included the political \"Complaint of Peace,\" the brutal antipapal satire \"Julius Excluded from Heaven,\" two versions of Erasmus’s important preface to the Latin translation of the New Testament, and a selection both serious and comic of his Colloquies and his letters. Adams has made these selections to emphasize the humane, rather than the doctrinaire, side of the first and arguably greatest humanist.\n\nCritical commentary is provided in essays by H. R. Trevor-Roper, R. S. Allen, J. Huizinga, Mikhail Bakhtin, Paul Oskar Kristeller, and Robert M. Adams.\n\nAlso included are a Chronology of Erasmus’s life and a Selected Bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45788411854901,"sku":"ByrdShop_0393957497","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780393957495_00b68962-6da1-43d5-9423-f62595f8db36.jpg?v=1784745723","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-praise-of-folly-and-other-writings-a-new-translation-with-critical-commentary-norton-critical-editions-english-and-latin-edition-9780393957495","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}