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This project explores representations of fools and cognitive deficiency in English literature from 1500 to 1640. It examines how societal and medical perceptions influenced the portrayal of these characters, focusing on the distinction between folly and madness.
My project will consider several examples of natural or artificial fools, clowns, idiots portrayed in the literary production of England from 1500 to 1640 and will investigate how early modern notions of intellectual deficiency primarily in medicine but also in society shaped the creation of those same figures.
My literary corpus will include not only dramatic texts but also jestbooks, which notably offer a wealth of information on real or fantastic fools of the time, and poetical works.
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