The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy

Chapter 14

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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