The English Folly

Author : Gwyn Headley,Wim Meulenkamp
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-24
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781800346727

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The English Folly by Gwyn Headley,Wim Meulenkamp Pdf

If this were a novel, the tales of astounding wealth, sexual perversion, murder, munificence, rape, insanity, brutality, slavery, religious mania, selfishness, snobbery, charity, suicide, generosity, theft, madness, wickedness, failure and eccentricity which unfold in these pages would be too concentrated to allow for the willing suspension of disbelief. All these sins and virtues, and more, are displayed by the characters in this book, some exhibiting several of them simultaneously. Folly builders were not as we are. They never built what we now call follies. They built for beauty, utility, improvement; it is only we, struggling after them with our imperfect understanding, who dismiss their prodigious constructions as follies. Follies can be found around the world, but England is their spiritual home. Having written the definitive books on follies in Great Britain, Benelux and the USA, Headley & Meulenkamp have turned their attention to the folly builders themselves, people so blinded by fashion or driven by some nameless ideology that they expended great fortunes on making their point in brick, stone and flint. Most follies are simply misunderstood buildings, and this book studies the motives, characters, decisions and delusions of their builders. If there was madness in their building, fortunately there was no method in it.

Author : Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783849653828

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The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus Pdf

Erasmus reached England after a stay in Italy early in the summer of 1510. Soon afterwards, in Thomas More's house at Bucklersbury, he rapidly wrote his famous satire, the Encomium Moriae, or "Praise of Folly," in which Folly celebrates her own praises as the great source of human pleasures. He had been meditating this piece on the long journey from Rome; it is a kaleidoscope of his experiences in Italy, and of earlier memories. As to the title, Moria, the Greek word for "folly," was a playful allusion, of course, to the name of his wise and witty host. This "Praise of Folly" is a satire, not only in the modern but in the original sense of that word,—a medley. All classes, all callings, are sportively viewed on the weak side. But in relation to the author's own life and times, the most important topics are the various abuses in the Church, the pedantries of the school-men, and the selfish wars of kings. If this eloquent Folly, as Erasmus presents her, most often wears the mocking smile of Lucian or Voltaire, there are moments also when she wields the terrible lash of Juvenal or of Swift. The popularity of the satire, throughout Europe, was boundless. The mask of jest which it wore was its safeguard; how undignified, how absurd it would have been for a Pope or a King to care what was said by Folly! And, just for that reason, the Encomium Moriae must be reckoned among the forces which prepared the Reformation.

Author : Kenneth G. Henshall
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : UCSC:32106019715751

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Folly and Fortune in Early British History by Kenneth G. Henshall Pdf

With its prime focus on the human factor in history, this book examines the role of foolishness in the unfolding of major events in Britain, particularly invasions, from Caesar's expeditions to the Norman Conquest. Many historians believe that foolishness in a bygone age cannot be meaningfully assessed, but this book does not accept that view.

Author : Jennifer Richards
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780198809067

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Voices and Books in the English Renaissance by Jennifer Richards Pdf

"Two ideas lie at the heart of this study and its claim that we need a new history of reading: that voices in books can affect us deeply ; that printed books can be brought to life with the voice. Voices and Books offers a new history of reading focussed on the oral and voice-aware silent reader, rather than the historical reader we have privileged in the last few decades, who is invariably male, silent, and alone. It recovers the vocality of education for boys and girls in Renaissance England, and the importance of training in pronuntiatio (delivery) for oral-aural literary culture. It offers the first attempt to recover the voice-and tone-from textual sources. It explores what happens when we bring voice to text, how vocal tone realizes or changes textual meaning, and how the literary writers of the past tried to represent their own and others' voices, as well as manage and exploit the voices of their readers. It offers fresh readings of the key Tudor authors who anticipated oral readers: John Bale, Anne Askew, William Baldwin, Thomas Nashe. And it aims to rethink what a printed book can be, searching the printed page for vocal cues, and exploring the neglected role of the voice in the printing process"-- Provided by publisher.

Author : Jesse Bullington
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316201711

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The Folly of the World by Jesse Bullington Pdf

On a stormy night in 1421, the North Sea delivers a devastating blow to Holland: the Saint Elizabeth Flood, a deluge of biblical proportions that drowns hundreds of towns, thousands of people, and forever alters the geography of the Low Countries. Where the factions of the noble Hooks and the merchant Cods waged a literal class war but weeks before, there is now only a nigh-endless expanse of grey water, a desolate inland sea with moldering church spires jutting up like sunken tombstones. For a land already beleaguered by generations of civil war, a worse disaster could scarce be imagined. Yet even disaster can be profitable, for the right sort of individual, and into this flooded realm sail three conspirators: a deranged thug at the edge of madness, a ruthless conman on the cusp of fortune, and a half-feral girl balanced between them. With The Folly of the World, Jesse Bullington has woven an extraordinary new tale of the depraved and the desperate.

Author : Sidney D. McCormick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Trusts, Industrial
ISBN : NYPL:33433009229992

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Spoliation Or the Follies of a Nation by Sidney D. McCormick Pdf

Author : Barbara W. Tuchman
Publisher : Random House
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307798565

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The March of Folly by Barbara W. Tuchman Pdf

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman, author of the World War I masterpiece The Guns of August, grapples with her boldest subject: the pervasive presence, through the ages, of failure, mismanagement, and delusion in government. Drawing on a comprehensive array of examples, from Montezuma’s senseless surrender of his empire in 1520 to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Barbara W. Tuchman defines folly as the pursuit by government of policies contrary to their own interests, despite the availability of feasible alternatives. In brilliant detail, Tuchman illuminates four decisive turning points in history that illustrate the very heights of folly: the Trojan War, the breakup of the Holy See provoked by the Renaissance popes, the loss of the American colonies by Britain’s George III, and the United States’ own persistent mistakes in Vietnam. Throughout The March of Folly, Tuchman’s incomparable talent for animating the people, places, and events of history is on spectacular display. Praise for The March of Folly “A glittering narrative . . . a moral [book] on the crimes and follies of governments and the misfortunes the governed suffer in consequence.”—The New York Times Book Review “An admirable survey . . . I haven’t read a more relevant book in years.”—John Kenneth Galbraith, The Boston Sunday Globe “A superb chronicle . . . a masterly examination.”—Chicago Sun-Times

Author : Laurie R. King
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307567550

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Folly by Laurie R. King Pdf

An acclaimed master of suspense creates a heroine you will never forget in this superbly chilling novel of a woman who begins a desperate undertaking that may transform her life -- or end it. What happens if your worst fears aren't all in your mind? Rae Newborn is a woman on the edge: on the edge of sanity, on the edge of tragedy, and now on the edge of the world. She has moved to an island at the far reaches of the continent to restore the house of an equally haunted figure, her mysterious great-uncle; but as her life begins to rebuild itself along with the house, his story starts to wrap around hers. Powerful forces are stirring, but Rae cannot see where her reality leaves off and his fate begins. Fifty-two years old, Rae must battle the feelings that have long tormented her -- panic, melancholy, and a skin-crawling sense of watchers behind the trees. Before she came here, she believed that most of the things she feared existed only in her mind. And who can say, as disturbing incidents multiply, if any of the watchers on Folly Island might be real? Is Rae paranoid, as her family and the police believe, or is the threat real? Is the island alive with promise -- or with dangers? With Folly, award-winning author Laurie R. King once again powerfully redefines psychological suspense on a sophisticated and harrowing new level, and proves why legions of readers and reviewers have named her a master of the genre.

Author : Hans Rickheit
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-25
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781606995099

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Folly by Hans Rickheit Pdf

Lovers of art comics know Hans Rickheit from his smashing graphic novel The Squirrel Machine (2008), but Rickheit has, for over a decade, been reaching into the deepest cupboards of the back-mind with his comics.Originally distributed into the world as Xeroxed pamphlets, these "underground comix" reflect the true nature of its nomenclature: Here are the archeological findings of the subterranean ruins of the psyche. Finally, these scattered elements have been compiled into a compact, lushly illustrated bedside reader. Give your cerebellum a tug and become a spelunker of the subconscious as we trespass among the scorched archaic wastelands of the offspring of apes and fools. Here we find the profane, beautiful progeny of prurient ideals. Immerse yourself in the nocturnal meanderings of unnamed protagonists. Ponder the uncomfortable sexuality of the twins, Cochlea & Eustachia. Recoil at the doings of a dwarfish malefactor in "Hail Jeffrey," or simply stare at the pretty pictures. Suffice to say that readers of The Squirrel Machine will not be disappointed.

Author : Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher : anboco
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783736406322

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In Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus Pdf

In Praise of Folly is an essay written in Latin in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in 1511. Inspired by Italian humanist Faustino Perisauli's De Triumpho Stultitiae, it is a satirical attack on superstitions and other traditions of European society as well as on the western Church. Erasmus revised and extended the work, which he originally wrote in the space of a week while sojourning with Sir Thomas More at More's estate in Bucklersbury. In Praise of Folly is considered one of the most notable works of the Renaissance and played an important role in the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1811
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555083087

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The Scourge; or Monthly expositor, of imposture and folly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jesse Bullington
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316190357

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The Folly of the World by Jesse Bullington Pdf

On a stormy night in 1421, the North Sea delivers a devastating blow to Holland: the Saint Elizabeth Flood, a deluge of biblical proportions that drowns hundreds of towns, thousands of people, and forever alters the geography of the Low Countries. Where the factions of the noble Hooks and the merchant Cods waged a literal class war but weeks before, there is now only a nigh-endless expanse of grey water, a desolate inland sea with moldering church spires jutting up like sunken tombstones. For a land already beleaguered by generations of civil war, a worse disaster could scarce be imagined. Yet even disaster can be profitable, for the right sort of individual, and into this flooded realm sail three conspirators: a deranged thug at the edge of madness, a ruthless conman on the cusp of fortune, and a half-feral girl balanced between them. With The Folly of the World, Jesse Bullington has woven an extraordinary new tale of the depraved and the desperate.

Author : Gwyn Headley,Wim Meulenkamp
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Follies (Architecture)
ISBN : UCSC:32106017814531

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Follies, Grottoes & Garden Buildings by Gwyn Headley,Wim Meulenkamp Pdf

Chronicles nearly 1,450 UK sites which boast follies, grottoes or garden buildings of original or eccentric aspect.

Author : Nicky Haslam
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-21
Category : Interior decoration
ISBN : 1909342157

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Nicky Haslam's Folly de Grandeur by Nicky Haslam Pdf

From its humble origins as a Tudor hunting lodge to its present-day status as a protected historic building, Nicky Haslam’s delightful ‘Folly de Grandeur’ is a unique English country house that is one of the renowned decorator’s favourite places. In this beautifully illustrated book, Part 1: A History of the House provides a timeline of the house together with an overview of the design aesthetics that characterize Haslam’s look. Part 2: The Essence of Style covers wall finishes, soft furnishings, the transition from room to room, furniture form, style and arrangement, classical elements, and creating tableaux with objets and photographs. In Part 3: A House for All Seasons, you will find a year-round appreciation of this remarkable home, which was once owned by John Fowler, co-founder of Colefax & Fowler. By recounting events – from society gatherings to quiet country weekends – stories about the rooms, and details about the decoration and furnishings, Haslam reveals the personal touches that give the folly its unique sense of life, both indoors and out. Inviting us into his carefully preserved and lovingly decorated country home, he explains the intricacies and delights of carefully mismatched furniture collected over the years, a colour palette of subtle, warming tones that are quietly welcoming and effortlessly romantic, and a wonderful collection of art that is nothing short of inspirational. Finally, in Part 4: The Perfect Setting, Haslam shares unique garden design secrets and outdoor ‘rooms’ that complement his celebrated home.

Author : Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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In Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus Pdf

In Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus is a classic work of Renaissance literature that humorously critiques the religious and scholarly practices of the time. Written as a speech by Folly herself, the book paints a colorful and satirical picture of human shortcomings. Erasmus's witty prose and insightful observations make In Praise of Folly a literary masterpiece that continues to resonate with modern readers. The book's humorous take on human nature, ignorance, and pretension is as relevant today as it was during the Renaissance. Whether you're a scholar, a student of history, or simply a lover of insightful humor, In Praise of Folly is a must-read. Dive into this timeless classic and discover the folly in us all. Order your copy now!