War of Fools: Letters of Obscure Men - Study of the Satire and the Satirized: 12 (New York University Ottendorfer) - Softcover

Becker, Reinhard P.

 
9783261047274: War of Fools: Letters of Obscure Men - Study of the Satire and the Satirized: 12 (New York University Ottendorfer)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3261047275 ISBN 13: 9783261047274
Publisher: Peter Lang AG, 1981

Synopsis

The main part of this study is a detailed analysis of the content of the Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum (EOV). It will identify the satirical devices which Crotus and Ulrich apply in their work. Furthermore, the structure of the work will be analyzed and it will be shown to what extent the epistolary tradition of antiquity and of the Middle Ages has influenced the form of these letters. Next, the treatment of the traditional medieval Seven Deadly Sins will be carefully examined in the text of the EOV. However, the study will focus its attention on the various methods with which Crotus and Ulrich satirize ignorance and literary barbarism. In doing so it will trace the humanist concept of ideal learning and it will show how the authors devised their caricature of ignorance in contrast with this high standard.

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Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Publication date
1981
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3261047275
ISBN 13 
9783261047274
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
190