The book consists of a prologue, 112 brief satires, and an epilogue, all illustrated with woodcuts. Brant takes up the ship of fools trope, popular at...
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Ship of fools is an allegory that has long been a fixture in Western literature and art. Ship of Fools may refer to: Ship of Fools (satire), a 1494 satire...
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The ship of fools (Modern German: Das Narrenschiff, Latin: Stultifera Navis), is an allegory, first appearing in Book VI of Plato's Republic, about a...
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Ship of Fools (painted c. 1490–1500) is a painting by the Early Netherlandish artist Hieronymus Bosch, now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Camille Benoit...
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18th- to 19th-century prints were based on this text. Lubber fiend Ship of Fools (satire) Harsnett's target in the historical backdrop were the Jesuits who...
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German humanist and satirist. He is best known for his satire Das Narrenschiff (The Ship of Fools). Brant was born in either 1457 or 1458 in Strasbourg...
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hoaxes into its products on April Fools' Day, which takes place on April 1. The company ceased performing April Fools jokes in 2020 due to the COVID-19...
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Narrenschiff (Ship of Fools) Gil Vicente (c. 1465–1536, Portugal) Erasmus (1466–1536, Burgundian Netherlands/Switzerland) – The Praise of Folly François...
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Cristina Peri Rossi (category Uruguayan people of Italian descent)
any of the various Latin American dictatorships of the latter half of the twentieth century. The title of the book is taken from the Ship of Fools legend...
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aired in syndication. It originally premiered on October 1, 1988, and ended on April 1, 1991, with a total of 72 episodes over the course of 3 seasons....
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mostly from Latin and French versions of the satire Narrenschiff, also known as Stultifera Navis ("Ship of Fools") 1494 by Sebastian Brandt (see also Henry...
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Alexander Barclay (category Doctors of Divinity)
Here he wrote his satirical poem, The Ship of Fools, partly a translation from Sebastian Brant. The death of his patron in 1513 apparently put an end...
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Candide (redirect from All is for the best in this best of all possible worlds)
(/kɒnˈdiːd/ kon-DEED, French: [kɑ̃did] ) is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759. The novella...
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Times of India". The Times of India. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2021. K, Suneetha Rani (2003). "Travelogue as (Post)Colonial Satire: Mokkapati...
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on the ship Fantasia, in the southern seas, visiting the lands of Crapulia, Viraginia, Moronia and Lavernia (populated by gluttons, nags, fools and thieves...
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This is a complete list of all 222 episodes of the 1963 to 1970 television sitcom Petticoat Junction. There were 74 episodes in black-and-white and 148...
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Moby-Dick (redirect from Pequod (ship))
is centered on the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant...
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into sections of "digression" and a "tale" of three brothers, each representing one of the main branches of western Christianity. A satire on the Roman...
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fictional character and one of the protagonists in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick (1851). He is the monomaniacal captain of the whaling ship Pequod. On a previous...
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The Onion (section Murder of The Big Show)
Retrieved March 23, 2011. Chu, Henry (June 8, 2002). "U.S. satire tricks Beijing paper / Satire fools Chinese paper / Daily steals, prints Onion article on...
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Nautical fiction (redirect from History of nautical fiction)
Bosch's famous painting, Ship of Fools: a ship—an entire fleet at first—sets off from Basel, bound for the Paradise of Fools. A distinction between nautical...
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Burmese poem Sebastian Brant, Das Narrenschiff ("The Ship of Fools"), much-translated satire, year of publication disputed, German 1495: Matteo Maria Boiardo...
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Le Quart Livre (section A humanist satire)
explorations. However, it subverts the conventional wisdom of these discoveries through the use of satire and fantastical elements. The narrative draws inspiration...
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Tomorrow Never Dies (redirect from List of James Bond allies in Tomorrow Never Dies)
Den of Geek, on the film's twentieth anniversary, observed of the film's plot: "It's an improbable set-up which was likely intended as a satire of Murdoch's...
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George Kennedy (category American people of English descent)
member to appear in each film of the series. The Airport franchise helped inspire the Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker satire Airplane!, in which the filmmakers...
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2021-01-13. Sepinwall, Alan (2020-08-06). "'Star Trek: Lower Decks': Animated Satire Is Highly Illogical". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-01-13. Star Trek [@StarTrek]...
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Kozlik sent to The Fools' Island for the sleeping outside and for not having boots and hat. On Fools' Island lunar shorties in course of time turn into rams...
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Andrew Santino (category American people of Irish descent)
was also the star of a YouTube web series called Duncan Rocks. Santino grew up in the River North neighborhood of Chicago, and he is of half Italian and...
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Eastward Hoe (section Anti-Scottish satire)
the ship, fooling Security. Accompanied by Captain Seagull, Petronel and his fellow adventurers set sail for Virginia. They revel in the promise of abundant...
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Kappa Mikey (redirect from Ship of Fools (Kappa Mikey episode))
around Tokyo, as well as the weapons, the Gonard balloon, Pirate King's ship, the Karaoke Genie Machine, etc., were created in Maya and exported into...
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