Does Utopia describe an ideal society?
Thomas More was born in London in 1477. More had an extensive
education and rose quickly through the Government hierarchy and
attained high office. In May 1515 he was appointed to a delegation to
help revise an Anglo-Flemish commercial treaty. During this time he
began writing Utopia and completed it upon his return to London.
Utopia was first published in Latin, at Louvain in December 1516. More
added Utopia just before the outbreak of the reformation, during a
time when the stresses and corruption that led to the reformation were
rapidly increasing towards conflict.
Utopia itself depicts what its narrator Hythloday, claimed to be an
ideal society. The book became a huge success and founded a literary
tradition known as ‘the utopian novel’. This tradition is an authors
attempt to describe a perfect and ideal society.
The book is in two parts, and it is believed that the first was
written last and the second was written first. The first book (book 1)
is presented as an introduction to book 2 as well as providing
Does Utopia describe an ideal society?
Thomas More was born in London in 1477. More had an extensive
education and rose quickly through the Government hierarchy and
attained high office. In May 1515 he was appointed to a delegation to
help revise an Anglo-Flemish commercial treaty. During this time he
began writing Utopia and completed it upon his return to London.
Utopia was first published in Latin, at Louvain in December 1516. More
added Utopia just before the outbreak of the reformation, during a
time when the stresses and corruption that led to the reformation were
rapidly increasing towards conflict.
Utopia itself depicts what its narrator Hythloday, claimed to be an
ideal society. The book became a huge success and founded a literary
tradition known as ‘the utopian novel’. This tradition is an authors
attempt to describe a perfect and ideal...