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 About the Author:īook Description Paperback. Wootton has been particularly scrupulous in his handling of marginal annotations. 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. This is a delightfully fine piece of scholarship, even down to the notes on the illustrations. Combining it with his translations of More and Erasmus works well. Smit, Professor of History, Columbia UniversityĮvery serious reader of Utopia, friends and foes alike of Thomas More, will be enlightened by Wootton's essay. A welcome addition to the More literature. Wootton's Introduction is a most intelligent guide. The contradictions of the man translated into a complicated and contradictory historiography to which Mr.
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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. 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. 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. 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""
Smit, Professor of History, Columbia UniversityĮvery serious reader of "Utopia," friends and foes alike of Thomas More, will be enlightened by Wootton's essay. 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.
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