Utopia
Subtitle: by Sir Thomas More (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)
Contributors: David Harris Sacks (Editor, Introduction)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Published: March 29, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780312101459
Subjects: Constitution: government & the state; Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Other prose: 16th to 18th centuries; Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600; More, Thomas, Sir, Saint 1478-1535; Utopias; Political Science; Philosophy; English; History: World; History & Surveys - Medieval; Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism; History / General; History & Theory - General; Early works to 1800
Description: One of the most influential books in the Western tradition, Thomas More's Utopia (1516) describes an imaginary island community enjoying perfect social and political harmony. This volume is the first to offer the original English translation of the work in an edition that allows students to explore in depth Utopia's historical and intellectual contexts as well as the circumstances of its reception.

Based on Ralph Robynson's revised and corrected 1556 translation, with modernized spelling and extensive annotations, this edition returns students to the voice of the past, allowing them to experience the text as it was first encountered by early modern English readers.