Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Period of Performance

9/1/1972 - 5/31/1973

Funding Totals

$11,250.00 (approved)
$11,250.00 (awarded)


Politic and Pedagogic Irony in Sixteenth Century Literature

FAIN: FB-11439-72

Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH 03755-1808)
Dain A. Trafton (Project Director: September 1972 to present)

To examine the use of politic and pedagogic irony in 16th century literature. Among the worlds to be studied are: Erasmus' Praise of Folly, Castiglione's Courtier, More's Utopia, Rabelais' Gargantua, Bacon's The Wisdom of the Ancients.