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Title
Thomas More / Joanne Paul.
Author
Paul, Joanne, author.
ISBN
9780745692203 (electronic bk.)
0745692206 (electronic bk.)
9780745692180 (electronic bk.)
0745692184 (electronic bk.)
9780745692197
0745692192
9780745692166 (hardback)
0745692206 (electronic bk.)
9780745692180 (electronic bk.)
0745692184 (electronic bk.)
9780745692197
0745692192
9780745692166 (hardback)
Published
Malden, MA : Polity, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Call Number
B785.M84
Dewey Decimal Classification
192
Summary
Thomas More remains one of the most enigmatic thinkers in history, due in large part to the enduring mysteries surrounding his best-known work, Utopia. He has been variously thought of as a reformer and a conservative, a civic humanist and a devout Christian, a proto-communist and a monarchical absolutist. His work spans contemporary disciplines from history to politics to literature, and his ideas have variously been taken up by seventeenth-century reformers and nineteenth-century communists. Through a comprehensive treatment of More's writing, from his earliest poetry to his reflections on suffering in the Tower of London, Joanne Paul engages with both the rich variety and some of the fundamental consistencies that run throughout More's works. In particular, Paul highlights More's concern with the destruction of what is held 'in common', whether it be in the commonwealth or in the body of the church. In so doing, she re-establishes More's place in the history of political thought, tracing the reception of his ideas to the present day. Paul's book serves as an essential foundation for any student encountering More's writing for the first time, as well as providing an innovative reconsideration of the place of his works in the history of ideas.-- Provided by Publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Classic thinkers.
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Thomas More.
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Table of Contents
The thought of Thomas More
Early life, education, and poetry
Utopia and common things
Richard III and the stage play of politics
The common corps of Christendom
Influence.
Early life, education, and poetry
Utopia and common things
Richard III and the stage play of politics
The common corps of Christendom
Influence.