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"Utopia has a strong claim to be the most misunderstood book ever written: its flame has been hijacked by countless idealistic schemes having little in common with More's own assessment of social possibilities. For although it contributes to a line of argument that can be traced from Plato to Marx, Utopia is first and foremost a literary work that appeals to the imagination and seeks to question us rather than to proffer answers." "This study prepares the reader for these challenges, placing the work in the context of early sixteenth-century Europe and the intellectual preoccupations of More's own humanist circle, and clarifying those sources in classical and Christian political thought that provoked his writing." "Utopia is presented as a reflection on political idealism, one that has lost none of its relevance in an age that has witnessed the collapse of Marxist aspirations to social control. Dominic Baker-Smith also surveys the varied critical reception accorded to Utopia over the last four centuries, providing a look at Utopia's role in cultural history."--Jacket

LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General. --- More, Thomas, --- 873.4 MORE, THOMAS --- 873.4 MORE, THOMAS Humanistisch Latijnse literatuur--MORE, THOMAS --- Humanistisch Latijnse literatuur--MORE, THOMAS --- Utopia (More, Thomas, Saint) --- De optimo reipublicae statu, deque nova insula Utopia, libri II (More, Thomas, Saint) --- Thomae Mori Utopia (More, Thomas, Saint) --- Utopia (More, Thomas, Sir, Saint) --- English literature --- History and criticism.

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Vijfhonderd jaar geleden legde Dirk Martens in Leuven 'Utopia' ter perse. Om de verjaardag van dit meesterwerk van Thomas More (1477/78?1535) passend te vieren organiseert de Leuvense Universiteitsbibliotheek in het najaar van 2016 een tentoonstelling. Die biedt een portret van More als humanist, staatsman en polemist, belicht zijn contacten met de Nederlanden en staat stil bij zijn terechtstelling en postume faam. Daarnaast gaat de tentoonstelling uitgebreid in op 'Utopia' zelf en tal van bekende en minder bekende utopische werken. Prikkelende essays over al deze onderwerpen en gedetailleerde beschrijvingen van de tentoongestelde objecten vindt de lezer in de bundel 'Utopia & More. Thomas More, de Nederlanden en de utopische traditie'. En voor wie nóg meer wil, bevat het boek ook een aantal extra lemmata die de context schetsen en meer werken voorstellen.

utopian literature --- History of civilization --- More, Thomas --- Netherlands --- Flanders --- Utopias --- Humanism --- Utopies --- Humanisme --- Exhibitions --- Expositions --- More, Thomas, --- Academic collection --- 094 MORE, THOMAS --- 378.4 <493 KUL> --- 378.4 <493 KUL> Universiteiten: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven--KUL --- Universiteiten: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven--KUL --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--MORE, THOMAS --- Utopias in literature --- Utopia. --- Criticism and interpretation --- Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven (1970- ). --- 873.4 --- 873.4 Humanistisch Latijnse literatuur --- Humanistisch Latijnse literatuur --- Academic collection. --- 100 --- filosofie --- utopieën --- politiek --- Thomas More --- humanisme --- Nederlanden --- Utopias. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Exhibitions. --- 905.1 --- 926 --- cultuurgeschiedenis - algemeen --- nieuwe geschiedenis c. 1500-c. 1789 --- 873.4 Humanist Latin literature --- Humanist Latin literature --- 155.2 --- Politieke filosofie --- Utopieën --- Geschiedenis --- Kunst --- Tentoonstellingen --- Humanism - Netherlands --- Humanism - England --- More, Thomas, - Saint, - 1478-1535 - Criticism and interpretation --- More, Thomas, - Saint, - 1478-1535. - Utopia --- More, Thomas, - Saint, - 1478-1535

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Colin Starnes radical interpretation of the long-recognized affinity of Thomas More's Utopia and Plato's Republic confirms the intrinsic links between the two works. Through commentary on More's own introduction to Book I, the author shows the Republic is everywhere present as the model of the ""best commonwealth,"" which More must first discredit as the root cause of the dreadful evils in the collapsing political situation of sixteenth-century Europe.

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