Ship of Fools, The
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Ship of Fools, The, an adaptation of the famous
Narrenschiff of Sebastian Brant. The
Narrenschiff was written in the dialect of Swabia and first published in 1494. It became extremely popular and was translated into many languages. Its theme is the shipping off of fools of all kinds from their native land to the Land of Fools.
It was translated into English ‘out of Laten, Frenche, and Doche’ by A.
Barclay, and published in England in 1509; the translation is not literal but is an adaptation to English conditions, and gives a picture of contemporary English life. The work is interesting as an early collection of satirical types.
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Sebastian Brant's 'The Ship of Fools' in Critical Perspective: 1800-1991.
Magazine article from: Journal of European Studies; 3/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...thought objective and normative'. Sebastian Brant's Ship of Fools (Das Narrenschiff...aware of the extent to which many Brant scholars have been products of their...very few significant studies of Brant have hitherto appeared in English...
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Sebastian Brants Tischzucht (Thesmophagia 1490) Edition und Wortindex.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 9/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; At a time when the colorful new European currency, the aptly named "Euro," is about to be launched, it seems appropriate for the Europeans to reflect on their common heritage. And what better way of doing that than by an international congress dealing with one of the most fascinating chapters of
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Vernacular Translation and the Sins of the Tongue: From Brant's "Stultifera Navis" (1494) to Droyn's "La Nef des folles" (c. 1498)
Magazine article from: Fifteenth Century Studies; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the most innovative adaptations of Sebastian Brant's late-medieval bestseller the...mold of an elegant prosimetrum, Brant's popular satire of the moral failings...women. In spite of the popularity of Brant's satirical piece, Badius's...
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Brant Publications Debuts New Title, MODERN Magazine.
PR Newswire; 6/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...today's decorative arts market. MODERN is being published by Brant Publications, publishers of Art in America, Interview and...countries, including market leaders such as Mark McDonald, Sebastian + Barquet, Nilufar, Established and Sons, Delorenzo 1950...
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Poetik und Rhetorik in Deutschland 1300-1700.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Institute. The second part examines Sebastian Brant's best-selling Narrenschiff...century. Knape has already treated Brant and his oeuvre in several publications...unfamiliar with Knape's analyses of Brant elsewhere will find his concise remarks...
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Return of the fools: UO revives vaudeville show.(Entertainment)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 9/21/2003; 700+ words
; ...Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett and Sebastian Brant are on board for the journey back...inspiration for what does transpire: Brant was the author of "Narrenschiff...the University of Oregon, who read Brant's book about the voyage of Columbus...
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ASK THE GLOBE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/1/1987; 292 words
; ...Narrenschiff," -- Ship of Fools -- by German moralist Sebastian Brant. Brant's allegorical poem told the story of 112 fools who...folly. Porter was inspired by a 1944 translation of Brant's verse by E. H. Zeydel. COX ;05/29 NKELLY...
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Kleine Schriften zur Literatur des 16. Jahrhunderts.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...drama, looking in particular at Johannes Reuchlin, Sebastian Brant's Tugent Spyl, Paul Rebhuhn's Susanna, and Theodor...illustrates his point with compelling examples, including Sebastian Brant, Erasmus's Novum instrumentum, Ulrich von Hutten...
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Folly and frivolity.(Entertainment)(For its 1,000th performance, University Theatre would like to do something not entirely serious)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 5/25/2003; 700+ words
; ...something from the ground up. The ground in this case was Sebastian Brant's "Narrenschiff," or "Ship of Fools." Written...UO theater students and faculty members have turned Brant's 15th century doggerel into what Schmor describes...
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BOOK REVIEW
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/12/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...publication of The Praise of Folly, a young doctor of law, Sebastian Brant, brought out a small volume in German under the title...books and learning nothing in the process. In him, Brant and Erasmus criticised the sterile scholastic tradition...
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Brant, Sebastian (1457–1521)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
BRANT, SEBASTIAN (1457 – 1521) BRANT, SEBASTIAN (1457 – 1521), German author and jurist. Sebastian Brant, the celebrated author of Das Narrenschiff (1494; Ship of fools), was born sometime in 1457 to Strasbourg innkeeper...
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Sebastian Brant
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sebastian Brant The German writer Sebastian Brant (1457-1521) was the author of the "Narrenschiff...one of the most famous secular works in European letters. Sebastian Brant, born in Strassburg, lost his father as a child and...
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Thomas Murner
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Von dem grossen Lutherischen Narren: wie ihn Doktor Murner beschworen hat [on the great Lutheran fool: how Dr. Murner exorcised him]. Murner's other works were inspired by Sebastian Brant's Narrenschiff [ship of fools] (1494).
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Narr
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...appears in the 16th-century Fastnachtsspiel or Carnival Play. Though not originally a comic character (the fools in Sebastian Brant's poem Das Narrenschiff ( The Ship of Fools , 1494) are those who live foolishly), he was made to appear so on...
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Katherine Anne Porter
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...novel, Ship of Fools (1962), was an immediate best seller but drew mixed reviews. Based on Das Narrenschiff, Sebastian Brant's 15th-century moral allegory, it examines the lives of an international group of voyagers; their human folly...
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