Utopia (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas More
- First Published: 1516
- Type of Work: Utopian Fiction
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
- Subjects: Social reform, Government, Humanism, Sixth century, Utopias, Belgium or Belgian people, Thought or thinking
- Locales: Antwerp, Belgium, Utopia
When UTOPIA first appeared, many people thought More was relating an incident that had actually happened. To make the realistic framework of the story convincing, More includes himself as a character. He and his friend Peter Giles meet Raphael Hythloday, a Portuguese seaman who has been to the New World.
More, Giles, and Hythloday engage in a conversation concerning the value of entering a king’s service in order to promote the public good. This discussion leads to an analysis of the economic and social ills in the Europe of the 16th century.
Book II, actually written...
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