The Deputation of Folly

A collection of sonnets that explores the complexities of Folly and puts human nature to the question. It is a studied consideration of the things we laugh about, an investigation of the constitution of humor, a journey through the spiritual wilds of snickering abandon. What value the poems have as monuments to Folly, their failure or delight, depends on the depth of your schadenfreude; and however you come to an understanding of human nature, it is invariably true that it is not possible to be sane when laughing. From what gulf therefore can we reconcile our Reason with our stupidity? This book is the gulf...