Fools Are Everywhere
The Court Jester Around the World
328 pages, 49 halftones, 66 line drawings 6 x 9
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2001
Cloth $59.00
ISBN: 9780226640914
Published April 2001
Paper $27.50
ISBN: 9780226640921
Published August 2007
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Acknowledgments
Prologue: The Number of Fools Is Infinite
1. Facets of the Fool
2. The Scepter and the Bauble
3. In Risu Veritas, or Many a True Word Spoken in Jest
4. Overstepping the Mark: The Limits of His License
5. Religion, Erudition, and Irreverence
6. All the World's a Stage
7. Stultorum Plena Sunt Omnia, or Fools Are Everywhere
Epilogue: Future Fooling?
Appendix: Table of Named Jesters
Glossary of Chinese Characters
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index
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