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Title	:	The Ship of Fools
Author	:	Sebastian Brant
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 416 pages
Published	:	December 8th 2011 by Dover Publications (first published 1494)
Categories	:	Poetry. Classics. European Literature. German Literature. Cultural. Germany. Fiction

The Ship of Fools

Sebastian Brant

Paperback | Pages: 416 pages

Rating: 3.83 | 223 Users | 24 Reviews

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Published in 1494 in Basel, The Ship of Fools was soon translated into every major European language. It provoked a vast number of imitations and remained steadily in print through the eighteenth century (with sporadic reprints after that). It still possesses an enormous vigor and vitality.
The book owes its long life to an imagination, wit, and humor rich with insights into human nature, yet neither bitter nor namby pamby. Its commentary on the boasting, pedantry, false learning, gambling, gluttony, medical folly, adultery, greed, envy, hatred, pride and other failings that mark humanity are sharp and telling, and, sadly, as relevant today as they were 450 years ago.
This translation by Professor Edwin H. Zeydel is the only accurate English translation ever published. (Barclay's version is really a pastiche written in imitation of Brant.) The form Professor Zeydel uses is verse, like the original, and he even retains the original rhyme scheme and meter. The achievement is remarkable, for it captures all the charm and movement of the original German while sacrificing nothing to readability and fluidity.
Published now with the 114 original Renaissance woodcuts and with Professor Zeydel's annotations, a biography of Brant, a publishing history, and a survey of the work's influence, this will unquestionably remain the definitive edition of The Ship of Fools in English. The illustrations are part of Dover's Pictorial Archive Series and may be used by commercial artists free of charge.

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Original Title:	Daß Narrenschyff ad Narragoniam
ISBN:	0486257916 (ISBN13: 9780486257914)
Edition Language:	English

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German (well actually Alsatian) Catholic humanist and theologian Sebastian Brant's 1494 satirical allegory Das Narrenschiff (The Ship of Fool in its English translations) basically consists of a prologue, one hundred and twelve brief satirical poems and an epilogue, and is considered by many scholars a classic of so-called Fool's Literature (Narrenliteratur). I had to read Das Narrenschiff for a graduate level reading course, and used both it and Erasmus of Rotterdam's Lob der Torheit (In Praise

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Sebastian Brant (also Brandt) was an Alsatian humanist and satirist.He first attracted attention in humanistic circles by his Latin poetry, and edited many ecclesiastical and legal works; but he is now only known by his famous satire, Das Narrenschiff.

Едва ли има днес странада не гъмжи от писмена,чиято главна цел се смятаспасението на душата.Да, много книги! Но тогавазащо ли по-добър не ставачовекът, а е все тъй лош?Светът живее в тъмна нощи вместо бога да зове,затъва в страшни грехове.По улици и по сокацисноват рояци от глупаци.Умувах дълго и решихда седна и от своя стихза всички тях и с труд, и с потда сътворя глупашки флот,където вече са събранифрегати, шхуни, тримарани,върху които са приетиглупци с каруци и с карети,а и с шейни! Но знам

be sure to read a version with the original woodcuts, they're wonderful! i kept a tally while i read this, and i found that i earn my place aboard das Narrenschiff on at least 29 counts. although brant's catalogue of foolishness is rather comprehensive, after reading a copy borrowed from the library i would like to propose one more measure to the list, namely: "Of Penciling Inane Commentary Into the Margins of Library Books" -- that ought to pay your fare to monkey land sufficiently.

An interesting fable-like composition. Fools come in all shapes and sizes and Brant skewers them all. He points out the failures attained by those bent on securing the good life without a moral compass.

Questo post recensione ha origine da una conversazione nata su Facebook a proposito di una frase di Petrarca: "I libri condussero alcuni alla saggezza, altri alla follia." Qualche anno dopo Petrarca, a Basilea nel 1494, venne pubblicato un libro in occasione del carnevale. L'autore Sebastian Brant, (1457-1521) mise tutti i folli su una nave, che poi è la nave della vita. Una gentile amica mi ha chiesto se su Facebook siamo saggi o folli. Io ho risposto che dai tempi di Petrarca i libri sono