Wootton's new translation brings out the liveliness of More's work and offers an accurate and reliable version of a masterpiece of social theory. His edition is further distinguished by the inclusion of a translation of Erasmus's "The Sileni of Alcibiades", a work very close in sentiment to Utopia, and one immensely influential in the sixteenth century. This attractive combination suits the edition especially well for use in Renaissance and Reformation courses as well as for Western Civilization survey courses. Wootton's Introduction simultaneously provides a remarkably useful guide to anyone's first reading of More's mysterious work and advances an original argument on the origins and purposes of Utopia which no one interested in sixteenth-century social theory will want to miss.
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"This [Hackett Publishing Company] edition of Utopia seems to me just right! The edition's introduction is brisk and intelligent and at the same time nicely calculated to reach an average student who, most likely, does not know any history or geography. The addition of the "Sileni of Alcibiades" is a stroke of genius. I shall be using your edition in preference to the . . . edition in my courses. The price is fair as well."(George Huppert, University of Illinois at Chicago)
"An excellent and highly readable translation [Hackett Publishing Company] coupled with helpful but not overwhelming notes. The inclusion of "The Sileni of Alcibiades" should prove valuable to the average student. The introduction covers a great deal of ground in only 34 pages and should prepare students well in survey courses. A great deal of value for only $6.95."(Dan O'Bryan, Sierra Nevada College)
"Wooton's edition of More's Utopia [Hackett Publishing Company] is quite simply the finest available." --Ted Stolze, Cal State Hayward
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With many letters to the author and others of the time included, the book provides a well rounded look at the topic. Utopia is a land that is somewhat of a social commune. A land where everyon does work but has ample time to rest and relax. This book definitely is a must on the reading list.
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Thomas More's Utopia was published in Latin, in Louvain (now in Belgium) in December 1516. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Thomas More, Book One, Cambridge University Press, Collected Works, More's Utopia, Peter Giles, Praise of Folly, Book Two, The Sileni of Alcibiades, New York, Raphael Hythloday, New Haven, Yale University Press, Erasmus's Adages, Princeton University Press, Lisa Jardine, Quentin Skinner, Selected Letters, The Roman, University of Toronto Press, William Roper, Holy Spirit, King of England, Margaret Mann Phillips, Penguin Books New!
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Thomas More's Utopia was published in Latin, in Louvain (now in Belgium) in December 1516. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Thomas More, Book One, Cambridge University Press, Collected Works, More's Utopia, Peter Giles, Praise of Folly, Book Two, The Sileni of Alcibiades, New York, Raphael Hythloday, New Haven, Yale University Press, Erasmus's Adages, Princeton University Press, Lisa Jardine, Quentin Skinner, Selected Letters, The Roman, University of Toronto Press, William Roper, Holy Spirit, King of England, Margaret Mann Phillips, Penguin Books New!
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- Praise of Folly (Penguin Classics) by Desiderius Erasmus on 9 pages
- Thomas More: History and Providence by Alistair Fox on page 2, and page 35
- Joseph A. Schumpeter: Critical Assessments (Critical Assessments of Leading Economists) by John Cunningham Wood on page 21
- The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein on page 3
- Erasmus of Europe by R. J. Schoeck on page 35
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