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Fools are everywhere : the court jester around the world
Otto, Beatrice K.
In this lively work, Beatrice K. Otto takes us around the world in search of one of the most colorful characters in history-the court jester. These quick-witted, quirky characters crop up everywhere, from the courts of ancient China and Mogul India to those of medieval Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and
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Publisher: University of Chicago Press,
Pub date: 2001.
Pages: xxiii, 420 p. :
ISBN: 0226640914
Item info: 1 copy available at Main Library.
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Fools are everywhere : the court jester around the world
Otto, Beatrice K.

Summary

In this lively work, Beatrice K. Otto takes us around the world in search of one of the most colorful characters in history-the court jester. These quick-witted, quirky characters crop up everywhere, from the courts of ancient China and Mogul India to those of medieval Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. A cornucopia of anecdotes, jokes, quotations, epigraphs, and illustrations brings to light little-known jesters, highlighting their humanizing influence on the head honchos of history, and shining a more idiosyncratic, intimate light on figures of power and position. Written with wit and humor, Fools Are Everywhere is the most comprehensive look at these roguish, vital personalities who risked their necks not only to mock and entertain but also to fulfill a deep and widespread human and social need. Book jacket. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Table of Contents

   Acknowledgments xi
   Prologue: The Number of Fools Is Infinite xv
   1 Facets of the Fool 1
   2 The Scepter and the Bauble 47
   3 In Risu Veritas, or Many a True Word Spoken in Jest 97
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Fools are everywhere : the court jester around the world
Otto, Beatrice K.
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Leader: am aep
Key: OC 04682737
Data source: OC
Fixed field data: 000605s2001 ilua b 001 0 eng
LCCN: 00044706
ISBN: 0226640914 (alk. paper)
Local system #: (OCoLC)44425502
Cataloging source: DLC DLC
Local holdings: OCPP
LC Call Number: GT3670 .O77 2001
DDC class no.: 792.7/028 21
Local DDC call #: 792.7028 O91, 2001
Personal name: Otto, Beatrice K.
Title: Fools are everywhere : the court jester around the world / Beatrice K. Otto.
Publication info: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
Description: xxiii, 420 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
General note: Rev. of the author's thesis Cosmic caperers (doctoral--1996)--T.p. verso.
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Held by: MAIN
Topical subject: Fools and jesters--History.
Topical subject: Fools and jesters--Cross-cultural studies.
OCLC-MARC processing: E0 OCP