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Publication Name
Utopia
Title
Utopia
Subtitle
with Erasmus's "The Sileni of Alcibiades"
Translator
David Wootton
Contributor
David Wootton (Translated by)
EAN
9780872203778
ISBN
9780872203778
Release Year
1999
Release Date
15/01/1999
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Book Title
Utopia : with Erasmus&Apos;S &Quot;The Sileni of Alcibiades&Quot;
Item Length
8.5in
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication Year
1999
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
5.5in
Author
Thomas more
Genre
Philosophy, Fiction
Topic
Literary, Political, History & Surveys / Renaissance
Item Width
0.4in
Item Weight
13.8 Oz
Number of Pages
208 Pages

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Wootton's 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 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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Publisher
Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0872203778
ISBN-13
9780872203778
eBay Product ID (ePID)
786141

Product Key Features

Book Title
Utopia : with Erasmus&Apos;S &Quot;The Sileni of Alcibiades&Quot;
Author
Thomas more
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Political, History & Surveys / Renaissance
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Philosophy, Fiction
Number of Pages
208 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
5.5in
Item Width
0.4in
Item Weight
13.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Hx810.5.E54 1999
Reviews
Like his Introduction, which says much, both directly and indirectly, about the complexity of More's language and mentality, David Wootton's translation of the Utopia is a thoughtful and careful one. Wootton has been particularly scrupulous in his handling of marginal annotations. . . notes are economical but helpful. Students interested in 16th century humanism and/or developments in early modern Europe will find this edition especially appealing, as will everyone interested in interpretations of More's Utopia , here fruitfully juxtaposed with Erasmus' philosophy and perspective on the world as these are represented by his adage on 'The Sileni of Alcibiades.' --Elizabeth McCutcheon, Utopian Studies, Like his Introduction, which says much, both directly and indirectly, about the complexity of More's language and mentality, David Wootton's translation of the Utopia is a thoughtful and careful one. Wootton has been particularly scrupulous in his handling of marginal annotations. . . notes are economical but helpful. Students interested in 16th century humanism and/or developments in early modern Europe will find this edition especially appealing, as will everyone interested in interpretations of More's Utopia , here fruitfully juxtaposed with Erasmus' philosophy and perspective on the world as these are represented by his adage on ‘The Sileni of Alcibiades.' --Elizabeth McCutcheon, Utopian Studies, Every serious reader of Utopia , friends and foes alike of Thomas More, will be enlightened by Wootton's essay. Combining it with his translations of More and Erasmus works well. This is a delightfully fine piece of scholarship, even down to the notes on the illustrations. --Donald J. Millus, Sixteenth Century Journal, In addition to its elegant and precise translation of Utopia , this edition offers the prefatory material and postscripts from the 1518 edition, and More's letter to Giles form the 1517 edition. Mr. Wootton has also added Erasmus's 'The Sileni of Alcibiades,' which is crucial for the interpretation he gives in his Introduction of the many ambiguities and contradictions in More's text as well as his life. The Introduction is a most valuable guide for understanding this man who was a proponent of toleration and a persecutor of heretics, a courtier full of worldly ambition ending as a fearless martyr. The contradictions of the man translated into a complicated and contradictory historiography to which Mr. Wootton's Introduction is a most intelligent guide. A welcome addition to the More literature. -J. W. Smit, Professor of History, Columbia University, In addition to its elegant and precise translation of Utopia , this edition offers the prefatory material and postscripts from the 1518 edition, and More's letter to Giles form the 1517 edition. Mr. Wootton has also added Erasmus's 'The Sileni of Alcibiades,' which is crucial for the interpretation he gives in his Introduction of the many ambiguities and contradictions in More's text as well as his life. The Introduction is a most valuable guide for understanding this man who was a proponent of toleration and a persecutor of heretics, a courtier full of worldly ambition ending as a fearless martyr. The contradictions of the man translated into a complicated and contradictory historiography to which Mr. Wootton's Introduction is a most intelligent guide. A welcome addition to the More literature. --J. W. Smit, Professor of History, Columbia University
Copyright Date
1999
Target Audience
College Audience
Lccn
98-047076
Dewey Decimal
335.02
Series
Hackett Classics Ser.
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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    BUY IT; STUDY IT; READ IT;LEARN FROM IT; DO NOT CEASE YOUR EDUCATION AND IGNORE THE EARLY RENASISSANCE WRITINGS OF SIR THOMAS MORE AND OTHERS. THIS BOOK IS A WORLD LITERATURARY CLASSIC; IT WILL CHALLENGE AND SURPRISE YOU.YOU MAY THINK MORE IS AN EARLY KARL MARX, WELL, YOU'D BE WRONG. MORE WAS SHOWING US THE ABSURDITIES OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN A FANTASY, "ALL-TO-PERFECT" SOCIETY. IT'S A WARNING, NOT A PLAN TO TOSS CAPITALISM ASIDE FOR SOCIALISM. I TREASURE SIR THOMAS MORE, AS I AM ONE OF MILLIONS WHO ARE DIRECT DESCENDANTS TO THIS GREAT MAN AND MIND, ONE OF EUROPE'S GREATEST MINDS IN THE EARLY 1400S. NOT ONLY A ERUDITE MIND, BUT A HUMOROUS MIND HE POSSESSED AS WELL, THUS HE WAS WELL ROUNDED AS A MAN. HOWEVEER,MORE WAS PIOUS TOO; AND NOW WE CATHOLICS CALL HIM ST THOMAS MORE; FOR HE WAS ...