The Miller’s Tale
J.B. Trapp, 4 November 1993
Erasmus: His Life, Work and Influence
by Cornelis Augustijn, translated by J.C. Grayson.
Toronto, 239 pp., £16.25, February 1991,0 8020 5864 7 Show More
by Cornelis Augustijn, translated by J.C. Grayson.
Toronto, 239 pp., £16.25, February 1991,
Erasmus: A Critical Biography
by Léon-E. Halkin, translated by John Tonkin.
Blackwell, 360 pp., £45, December 1992,0 631 16929 6 Show More
by Léon-E. Halkin, translated by John Tonkin.
Blackwell, 360 pp., £45, December 1992,
Erasmus, Man of Letters: The Construction of Charisma in Print
by Lisa Jardine.
Princeton, 278 pp., £19.95, June 1993,0 691 05700 1 Show More
by Lisa Jardine.
Princeton, 278 pp., £19.95, June 1993,
“... and accessible, there are two new books, both translations: an intellectual biography by Cornelis Augustijn, which first appeared in German in 1986; and an assessment by Léon-E. Halkin, translated from the French of 1987. Both authors want us to see Erasmus in the context of his times; both are informative, non-partisan, sympathetic. Each ... ”
