Synopses & Reviews
'Thomas More\'s Utopia is one of the supreme achievements of Renaissance humanism. This is the first edition since 1965 to combine More\'s Latin text with an English translation, and the first to provide an accurate Latin text. Spelling and punctuation have been regularized, and the translation is a revised version of the acclaimed Adams translation, also published in Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. The edition includes an introduction, textual apparatus, a full commentary and a guide to the critical literature on Utopia.'
Review
"There is much to commend in this Latin/English edition of More's Renaissance masterwork...this edition can be recommended for undergraduate students." The Sixteenth Century Journal"There is much to commend in this Latin/English edition of More's Renaissance masterwork....this edition can be recommended for graduate students." R.J. Schoeck, The Sixteenth century Journal
Review
"There is much to commend in this Latin/English edition of More's Renaissance masterwork...this edition can be recommended for undergraduate students." The Sixteenth Century Journal"There is much to commend in this Latin/English edition of More's Renaissance masterwork....this edition can be recommended for graduate students." R.J. Schoeck, The Sixteenth century Journal
Synopsis
First published in Latin in 1516, Thomas More's Utopia is one of the most influential books in the Western philosophical and literary tradition and one of the supreme achievements of Renaissance humanism. This is the first edition of Utopia since 1965 (the Yale edition) to combine More's Latin text with an English translation, and also the first edition to provide a Latin text that is at once accurate and readable. The text is based on the early editions (with the Froben edition of March 1518 as copy-text), but spelling and punctuation have been regularised in accordance with modern practices. The translation is a revised version of the acclaimed Adams translation, which also appears in Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. The edition, which incorporates the results of recent Utopian scholarship, includes an introduction, textual apparatus, a full commentary and a guide to the voluminous scholarly and critical literature on Utopia.
Synopsis
A new edition of More's Utopia, one of the classics of Renaissance humanism. It is the first to provide an accurate Latin text and facing-page English translation, and includes an introduction, textual apparatus, full commentary and guide to the critical literature.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-284) and index.
Table of Contents
Preface; Textual practices; Introduction; Interpretative contexts; The Latin text; Brief guide to scholarship; Utopia: text and translation; Appendix; Index.