· Porter derived the title of her only novel, Ship of Fools, from a fifteenth century moral allegory by Sebastian Brant. In her brief introduction, Porter states that she had read a German. · Ship of Fools by noted American short story master and novelist Katherine Ann Porter ( – ) was published in The sprawling novel took her more than twenty years to write and was highly anticipated by critics and readers alike. Though critical opinions were mixed, it was the best-selling novel of her career and of bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 6 mins. A Ship of Fools, novel by Katherine Anne Porter, published in Porter used as a framework Das Narrenschiff (; The Ship of Fools), by Sebastian Brant, a satire in which the world is likened to a ship whose passengers, fools and deranged people all, are sailing toward eternity. Porter’s novel is set in aboard a German passenger ship returning to Bremerhaven, Germany, from Veracruz, Mexico.
About Austenfeld's Katherine Anne Porter's Ship of Fools Containing pieces by distinguished scholars including Darlene Harbour Unrue and Robert Brinkmeyer, this book is the first full investigation of the links between Porter's only novel and European intellectual history. Ship of Fools is a famous novel by the American journalist, author and essayist Katherine Anne Porter (). While Porter is acclaimed for her short stories, Ship of Fools was the best-selling novel in North America in its year of publication, In , it was made into an Oscar-winning film starring Vivien Leigh, Jose Ferrer,. Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter (Atlantic-Little, Brown; $) Katherine Anne Porter has published her first novel at the age of 72, and since she spent 20 years on it, we must assume it.
Porter derived the title of her only novel, Ship of Fools, from a fifteenth century moral allegory by Sebastian Brant. In her brief introduction, Porter states that she had read a German. In this Book. Containing pieces by distinguished scholars including Darlene Harbour Unrue and Robert Brinkmeyer, this book is the first full investigation of the links between Porter's only novel and European intellectual history. Beginning with Sebastian Brant, author of the late medieval Narrenschiff, whom she acknowledges in her Preface to Ship of Fools, Porter's image of Europe emerges as more complex, more knowledgeable, and more politically nuanced than previous critics of her novel. Ship of Fools by noted American short story master and novelist Katherine Ann Porter ( – ) was published in The sprawling novel took her more than twenty years to write and was highly anticipated by critics and readers alike. Though critical opinions were mixed, it was the best-selling novel of her career and of overall.
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