The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy
Chapter 14
MODERN WIT AND SATIRE.
Its connection with individualism 154
Florentine wit: the novel 155
Jesters and buffoons 156
Leo X. and his witticisms 157
Poetical parodies 158
Theory of wit 159
Railing and reviling 161
Adrian VI. as scapegoat 162
Pietro Aretino 164