Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-122).
Contents
Pt. 1. Interpretations : The Praise of Folly / Preserved Smith -- The folly of Erasmus / Hoyt H. Hudson -- The Praise of Folly and its background / Leonard F. Dean -- The comedy of life / John Huizinga -- The modern relevance of The Praise of Folly / Robert P. Adams -- The ironic mock encomium / Walter Kaiser -- Problems of paradoxes / Rosalie L. Colie -- Erasmus and the tradition of paradox / Sister Mary Geraldine, C.S.J. -- The Praise of Folly and the tradition of the fool / Enid Welsford -- Pt. 2. View points : Northrop Frye -- Ray C. Petry -- Eugene F. Rice, Jr. -- Arthur E. DuBois -- Antonio Iglesias -- Margaret Mann Phillips.