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The Feast of Fools
First edition (US)
AuthorJohn David Morley
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction, Philosophical
PublisherAbacus, St. Martin's Press
Publication date
1994
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages445 pp (US Hardback)
ISBN0-349-10519-7 (UK) ISBN 0-312-11786-8 (US)

The Feast of Fools (1994) is a novel by John David Morley, a neo-Joycean translation of the Greek myth of Persephone to contemporary Munich.

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The Feast of Fools or Festival of Fools (Latin: festum fatuorum, festum stultorum) was a feast day on January 1 celebrated by the clergy in Europe during...

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celebrating the flight into Egypt. It was originally celebrated primarily in France, as a by-product of the Feast of Fools celebrating the donkey-related...

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Christmastide to preside over the Feast of Fools. The Lord of Misrule was generally a peasant or sub-deacon appointed to be in charge of Christmas revelries, which...

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The Feast of Fun podcast (formerly titled "Feast of Fools") is a Chicago, Illinois-based talk show hosted by Fausto Fernós and Marc Felion that showcases...

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on the feast of Holy Innocents on 28 December. This tradition links with others, such as the Feast of Fools and the Feast of Asses. In England, the boy...

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and of Asses. Feast days such as these were specifically intended to mock the church—in the case of the Feast of Fools, over a period of four days—both...

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ceremonies for the proceedings. He was appointed by lot, and has been compared to the medieval Lord of Misrule at the Feast of Fools. His capricious...

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Goliards

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called to the religious life, they often presented such protests within a structured setting associated with carnival, such as the Feast of Fools, or church...

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The Paris Carnival (French: Carnaval de Paris) is an annual festival held in Paris, France. The carnival occurs after the Feast of Fools and has been held...

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the twelfth century in France, such feigning led to the Fête des Fous (Feast of Fools), a celebration in which clergy were allowed to behave as fools...

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Official website Thom Bierdz at IMDb "Facing the Soap Opera Called Life" (interview with Thom Bierdz) Interview with Bierdz on the Feast of Fools Podcast...

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from the Water Trade (1985) In the Labyrinth (1986) The Case of Thomas N. (1987) The Feast of Fools (1994) The Anatomy Lesson (1995) Destiny, or The Attraction...

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their own videos. The group has released three albums, "Arrival", in the summer of 2007, "5 Year Journey" in 2012 and "Feast of Fools" in 2013. Arrival...

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on a detached dialogue. The genre has its origin in the Feast of Fools and other Carnival-related festivities. The purpose of these events was to present...

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StephenSchwartz.com. Retrieved May 20, 2012. Cox, Harvey Gallagher (1969). The feast of fools: a theological essay on festivity and fantasy. Cambridge, Massachusetts:...

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ecclesiastic parody, such as the Feast of Fools and the Feast of the Ass. These parody masses generally follow line for line the words of the Latin Mass, as well...

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English Renaissance theatre

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practices of miracles and morality plays as well as the Feast of Fools and the election of a Lord of Misrule. The Feast of Fools includes mummer plays. The universities...

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King of Fools

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preside over the Feast of Fools Lords of Misrule (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title King of Fools. If an internal...

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similar parody was the Feast of Fools. Though often condemned, practitioners of such activities, called "Goliards", continued despite the Church's disapproval...

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spread from Russia to Scandinavia to Italy. The Feast of Fools encouraged the development of comedy. In the Late Middle Ages, plays were produced in 127...

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performed any at all. The Feast of Fools was especially important in the development of comedy. The festival inverted the status of the lesser clergy and...

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