Three early modern utopias

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A unique edition of three early modern utopian texts, using a contemporary translation of More's Utopia and examining the Renaissance world view as shown by these writers. The edition includes the illustrative material that accompanied early editions of Utopia, full chronologies of the authors, notes, and glossary.



Thomas More: Utopia/ Francis Bacon: New Atlantis/Henry Neville: The Isle of Pines With the publication of Utopia (1516), Thomas More introduced into the English language not only a new word, but a new way of thinking about the gulf between what ought to be and what is. His Utopia is at once a scathing analysis of the shortcomings of his own society, a realistic suggestion for an alternative mode of social organization, and a satire on unrealistic idealism. Enormously influential, it remains a challenging as well as a playful text. This edition reprints Ralph Robinson's 1556 translation from More's original Latin together with letters and illustrations that accompanied early editions of Utopia. Utopia was only one of many early modern treatments of other worlds. This edition also includes two other, hitherto less accessible, utopian narratives. New Atlantis (1627) offers a fictional illustration of Francis Bacon's visionary ideal of the role that science should play in the modern society. Henry Neville's The Isle of Pines (1668), a precursor of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, engages with some of the sexual, racial, and colonialist anxieties of the end of the early modern period. Together these texts illustrate the diversity of the early modern utopian imagination, as well as the different purposes to which it could be put. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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Three Early Modern Utopias

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 13 november 2008

Aantal pagina's: 320

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Thomas More

Tweede Auteur: Sir Francis Bacon

Co Auteur: Henry Neville

Hoofdredacteur: Susan Bruce

Hoofduitgeverij: Oxford University Press

Editie: illustrated edition

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 131 mm

Product hoogte: 27 mm

Product lengte: 190 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 130 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 17 mm

Verpakking lengte: 195 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 226 g

EAN: 9780199537990

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