English title of the jester-filled 1494 poem "Das Narrenschiff"; Katherine Anne Porter used it for an allegory
The title was taken from Das 
Narrenschiff ("The Fool-Ship"), a 15th-century German poem by ... Ship of Fools 
allegory... [DOC] [TLE] The Annotated "Ship of Fools" - University of California, Santa Cruz [PAR] Aug 22, 1995 ...