Utopia (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas More
- First Published: 1516
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social morality
- Time of Work: Reign of Henry VII of England
- Setting: Antwerp, Belgium, and the imaginary commonwealth of Utopia
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
- Subjects: Social reform, Government, Humanism, Sixth century, Utopias, Belgium or Belgian people, Thought or thinking
- Locales: Antwerp, Belgium, Utopia
Characters Discussed
Raphael Hythloday, a philosophical traveler who has returned to Europe from Utopia, a far-off island adjacent to a larger land mass, somewhat like England in relation to the continent of Europe. In his account of what he saw there, which forms book 2 of the work, Hythloday never characterizes individual Utopians; the interplay of character in the narrative is between Raphael and his two companions in book 1. Hythloday is an experienced traveler who is supposed to have accompanied Amerigo Vespucci on his last three voyages. He has seen the coasts of the...
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