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    What Greek title of an essay written at Bucklesbury, England by a famous sixteenth century Dutch scholar contained a pun on the name of the friend at whose estate the author was staying?

    Question #87381. Asked by Flem-ish. (Oct 17 07 12:50 AM)


    lanfranco

    		Well, the title of Erasmus' "Moriae Encomium" ("The Praise of Folly") is a pun on the name of Thomas More:


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moriae_Encomium

    Oct 17 07, 7:28 AM
    Flem-ish

    		Recently a Dutch Jewish author wrote a repeat version of Erasmus'essay.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnon_Grunberg

    Arnon Grünberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Oct 17 07, 9:00 AM
    lanfranco

    		Grunberg has terrific titles, I must say. I'm especially drawn to "You Are Also Very Attractive When You Are Dead."

    Of course, something might have gotten lost in the translation.

    Oct 17 07, 4:25 PM
    queproblema

    		No translation there; "You're Also Attractive Even When You're Dead" was written in English and performed in Dusseldorf and Tel Aviv.

    I truly hesitate to post this link. Here goes:
    http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/1998-1999/Panim-%20Faces%20of%20Art%20and%20Culture%20in%20Israel-%20August-

    If the link doesn't work, type in "grunberg play dusseldorf tel aviv" (without the quotation marks!) to Google and click on the second result. The story is down toward the bottom of the page.

    Oct 17 07, 6:41 PM

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