The Soul of Wit: Eccentricity, Absurdity and Other Ecclesiastical Treasures

by Peter Watkins

A delicious collection of the very best of wit, satire and humorous quotations about the Church, its clergy, the people who put up with them - and vice versa. Spanning the centuries from Chaucer to the present day, it is a glorious send tup of the human foibles that so often get in the way when the Church tries to live up to its calling. Many familiar figures from literature and letters are included, but there are endless surprises and novelties too,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853114960
• ISBN13: 9781853114960
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"