-Not for scholars, but for a new generation of readers unaware of Erasmus's unique genius. An innovative, ingenious update.- - Kirkus Reviews.

-Packard's verse translation does what it sets out to do: enlivens what otherwise can be heavy going.- - Puckerbrush Review

-Astoundingly clever.- - The Classical Outlook

By his own account, Desiderius Erasmus, a Dutch monk and scholar, wrote his 1509 Latin prose masterpiece, The Praise of Folly, -in seven days, more or less- while a guest at the London home of his friend and fellow humanist Sir Thomas More. Friends with whom Erasmus...

-Not for scholars, but for a new generation of readers unaware of Erasmus's unique genius. An innovative, ingenious update.- - Kirkus Reviews.

-Packard's verse translation does what it sets out to do: enlivens what otherwise can be heavy going.- - Puckerbrush Review

-Astoundingly clever.- - The Classical Outlook

By his own account, Desiderius Erasmus, a Dutch monk and scholar, wrote his 1509 Latin prose masterpiece, The Praise of Folly, -in seven days, more or less- while a guest at the London home of his friend and fellow humanist Sir Thomas More. Friends with whom Erasmus...