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Thomas More's Utopia
The 500th anniversary of the first publication of Thomas More’s Utopia invites a reappraisal of its significance, not just as an ironic and playful fiction, but as a serious contribution to social and political thought. More delivers a searing critique of the injustices of his time and imagines a radical alternative based on common ownership and representative government. In this new interpretation, Wilde surveys the context from which Utopia emerged and analyses its key themes – politics, economics, social relations, crime and punishment, war and religion. Although the society of the Utopians is created as a remedy to the ailments of the old world, there are restrictions on individual f...
Thomas More
"But who was the historical More? Which of the many characterisations that have attached to his name, some plainly incompatible, are upheld by the sources? In this new study we are, taken behind the facade, to understand better the substructure of evidence on which biographers must construct their works. We see not only the different portrayals that have arisen to explain or condemn or exculpate, but are also given a sense of what we can and cannot know about Thomas More, laying bare those points of transition between the sustainable and the conjectural."--BOOK JACKET.
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The Essential Works of Thomas More
The Essential Works of Thomas More presents a curated collection of writings that encapsulates the wide-ranging thought and literary ingenuity of Thomas More. As a pioneer of Renaissance humanism, More's works delve into themes of social justice, political philosophy, and religious reform. This anthology offers readers an invaluable glimpse into More's incisive intellect, his advocacy for moral integrity, and an evolving discourse that reflects the broader humanist movement of his time. Among the pieces, some shine with particular brilliance, illustrating the rich tapestry of More's intellectual pursuits and his critique of contemporary societal structures. This collection brings together th...
Literary News
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Small Press
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Literary News
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Thomas More: A Portrait of Courage
"Thomas More is more important at this moment than at any moment since his death, even perhaps the great moment of his dying; but he is not quite so important as he will be in about a hundred years' time." In 1929, G. K. Chesterton made this claim with acute perception. One of history's greatest lawyers and statesmen and most admired figures of all time, Thomas More was voted "Lawyer of the Millennium" by the Law Society of Great Britain and named "Patron of Statesmen" by John Paul II. He combined immense humanistic learning with an unequaled command of the legal and political traditions of Christendom, forging a profound philosophy of statesmanship and freedom. He possessed the virtues of a...
