Fools and Folly
Edited by Clifford Davidson
Paperback (Out of print)
(December 1996)
ISBN: 9781879288706
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Hardback (Published)
(July 1996)
ISBN: 9781879288690
6.14 x 9.21 inches
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The Fool in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period was either a person who capitalized on his natural deficiencies, which were then considered amusing, or a professional entertainer the artificial Fool who specialized in clowning. His distinctive clothing and bauble are known to us through numerous Psalter illustrations where he is shown in connection with Psalm 52, which asserts that The fool has said in his heart there is no God. Attitudes toward the Fool varied, but his place was to become assured on stage, where his role is best known to us through the plays of Shakespeare. The articles in the present volume provide indispensable analyses of the Fool from a number of different perspectives.
List of Illustrations Introduction by Clifford Davidson The Cheval fol of Lyon and Other Asses by Sandra Billington The King His Own Fool: Robert of Cicyle by Martin W. Walsh Forgotten Fools: Alexander Barclay's Ship of Fools by Robert C. Evans Staging Folly in the Early Sixteenth Century: Heywood, Lindsay, and Others by Peter Happe The Fool as Social Critic: The Case of the Dutch Rhetoricians' Drama by W. N. M. Husken Sienese Fools, Comic Captains, and Every Fop in His Humor by Robert W. Leslie Index, List of Illustrations
Introduction by Clifford Davidson
The Cheval fol of Lyon and Other Asses by Sandra Billington
The King His Own Fool: Robert of Cicyle by Martin W. Walsh
Forgotten Fools: Alexander Barclay's Ship of Fools by Robert C. Evans
Staging Folly in the Early Sixteenth Century: Heywood, Lindsay, and Others by Peter Happé
The Fool as Social Critic: The Case of the Dutch Rhetoricians' Drama by W. N. M. Hüsken
Sienese Fools, Comic Captains, and Every Fop in His Humor by Robert W. Leslie
Index
- Edited by Clifford Davidson
Other Titles in this Series
Word, Picture, and Spectacle
Papers by Karl P. Wentersdorf, Roger Ellis, Clifford Davidson, and R. W. Hanning
Crossing the Boundaries
Christian Piety and the Arts in Italian Medieval and Renaissance Confraternities
The Monophonic Lauda and the Lay Religious Confraternities of Tuscany and Umbria in the Late Middle Ages
Shakespeare’s Play within Play
Medieval Imagery and Scenic Form in "Hamlet," "Othello," and "King Lear"
Drama and Art
An Introduction to the Use of Evidence from the Visual Arts for the Study of Early Drama
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