Utopia: A Revised Translation Backgrounds Criticism

Utopia: A Revised Translation Backgrounds Criticism

<p><strong>Robert M. Adams’s celebrated translation of <em>Utopia</em> has been meticulously revised for the Second Edition of this Norton Critical Edition as have the accompanying annotations.</strong></p> "Backgrounds" is designed to assist student readers in an appreciation of <em>Utopia</em> by shedding light on the different points of view contemporary with More’s work. Included are new selections from Saint Benedict and Tasso, as well as a medieval satire on the land of Cockayne. "The Humanist Circle", a carefully chosen selection of letters, includes another important contribution by Erasmus.<br /><br /> "Criticism" includes five new thought-provoking essays by Alistair Fox, Edward L. Surtz, G. R. Elton, Northrop Frye, and Robert M. Adams. Also new are selections from two modern anti-utopias or quasi-utopias―Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and B. F. Skinner’s Walden Two―plus a selection from Edward Bellamy’s once futuristic but now almost contemporary Looking Backward, which may be compared and contrasted with More’s masterpiece.<br /><br /> An updated Selected Bibliography is also included.