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Sebastian Brants (1457-1521) Hauptwerk Das Narrenschiff (1494ff.) war bis zu Goethes Werther das erfolgreichste Buch in deutscher Sprache. Die Moralsatire führt in 112 Kapiteln ebensoviele Narrentypen und ihre menschlichen Torheiten vor, die Zeitgenossen zur Einsicht und Umkehr zu bewegen. Bemerkenswert ist die enge Verbindung von Text und Bild, die zu ihrer Zeit wesentlich zu Wirkung und Verbreitung des Buches beigetragen hat. Die vierte Auflage der Studienausgabe bietet den Vorteil, daß sie den Forschungsschub im Zusammenhang mit dem 500. Geburtstag des Buchs im Jahre 1994 berücksichtigen kann und damit auch bibliographisch den neuesten Stand darstellt. Brant hat sein Narrenschiff aber nicht nur mit Narren befrachtet, sondern auch mit beträchtlichem Bildungsgut, das 500 Jahre nach Erscheinen des Werkes nicht geringe Verständnisschwierigkeiten bereitet. Um dem heutigen Leser den Zugang zum Text zu erleichtern, bietet die Neuausgabe deshalb erstmals auch "Auskünfte", die Brants zahlreiche Hinweise auf die Bibel, auf Gestalten der antiken Mythologie und Literatur, auf historische wie zeitgenössische Ereignisse und Schauplätze, auf Lehren der Kirchenväter, auf kirchliches wie weltliches Recht u.a. zu erschließen helfen.

Folly in literature. --- Brant, Sebastian,

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If this were a novel, the tales of astounding wealth, sexual perversion, murder, munificence, rape, insanity, brutality, slavery, religious mania, selfishness, snobbery, charity, suicide, generosity, theft, madness, wickedness, failure and eccentricity which unfold in these pages would be too concentrated to allow for the willing suspension of disbelief.All these sins and virtues, and more, are displayed by the characters in this book, some exhibiting several of them simultaneously.Folly builders were not as we are. They never built what we now call follies. They built for beauty, utility, improvement; it is only we, struggling after them with our imperfect understanding, who dismiss their prodigious constructions as follies.Follies can be found around the world, but England is their spiritual home. Having written the definitive books on follies in Great Britain, Benelux and the USA, Headley & Meulenkamp have turned their attention to the folly builders themselves, people so blinded by fashion or driven by some nameless ideology that they expended great fortunes on making their point in brick, stone and flint.Most follies are simply misunderstood buildings, and this book studies the motives, characters, decisions and delusions of their builders.If there was madness in their building, fortunately there was no method in it.

Follies (Architecture) --- landscape --- eccentric --- obsession --- ornament --- builder --- history --- grand --- architecture --- folly --- garden --- follies

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"The volume throws fresh light on a major polarity in Euripidean drama, including its roots in the tradition and its reception in vase-painting and literature. Virtually all Euripidean characters are subject to folly and claim some measure of wisdom. Leading international scholars discuss the polarity and the plays' ambiguities from various angles and theoretical perspectives, offering trenchant insights into moral, social and historical issues."--

Greek drama (Tragedy) --- Tragédie grecque --- Wisdom in literature. --- Folly in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Euripides --- Euripide --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Critique et interprétation --- Wisdom in literature --- Folly in literature --- Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures --- Languages & Literatures --- History and criticism --- E-books --- Greek drama (Tragedy). --- Euripides. --- Histoire et critique. --- Ėvripid --- Yūrībīdīs --- Euripedes --- Eŭripido --- Eurypides --- Euripidesu --- אוריפידס --- エウリーピデース --- Εὐριπίδης --- Critique et interprétation. --- Folly. --- Tragedy. --- Wisdom.

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Explores the fate of pride from Christian theology to the social responsibilities of self-regard and regard for the society as a whole. This work examines how pride, within black communities, becomes a necessary defense against a culture that at once formally rejected it in their religious beliefs but embraced it in their social relations.

Pride and vanity. --- Deadly sins. --- Capital sins --- Seven capital sins --- Seven deadly sins --- Sins, Capital --- Sins, Deadly --- Sins --- Sin, Mortal --- Vanity --- Conduct of life --- Deadly sins --- Folly --- Snobs and snobbishness

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Christian life --- Pharisees. --- Christianity and antisemitism. --- Pride and vanity. --- Pharisees --- Christianity --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Jewish sects --- Vanity --- Conduct of life --- Deadly sins --- Folly --- Snobs and snobbishness --- Antisemitism and Christianity --- Christianity and other religions --- Mennonite authors. --- Mennonite authors --- Judaism