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A Thomas More Source Book
Gerard B. Wegemer and Stephen W. Smith, eds.
Paperback
Catholic University of America Press, 2004
"Brings together classic texts by and about Thomas More—poet, scholar, statesman, family man, educational reformer, philosopher, historian, and saint. In addition to serving as an introduction to More's life and writings for the general reader, this collection is a helpful companion to the study of More's literary and philosophical masterwork, Utopia, and to the study of sixteenth-century history, literature, philosophy, or politics. The writings focus upon More's views of education, political theory, church-state relations, love and friendship, practical politics, and the vexing issues of conscience. They shed light on the distinctive Christian humanism that More expressed and embodied. Also included in this book are three famous sixteenth-century accounts of More's life by Erasmus, Roper, and a team of London playwrights including William Shakespeare."—
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The Life of Thomas More
by Peter Ackroyd
Paperback
Published by Anchor Books; November, 1999
A superb book in a fluid style that covers
all
of More's life. Extensively researched and
organized with in-depth source notes and an
exhaustive index. The book also has 14 B&W
portraits, and 13 color portraits.
—Anniina Jokinen.
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Thomas
More
(Reputations Series)
by John A. Guy
Paperback
Edward Arnold; May 2000
"Reconsidering key issues in More's
life,
this new
study not only allows us to see with clarity the
different portrayals that have arisen to explain or
condemn or exculpate, it also breaks fresh ground
in its use of new evidence to reconstitute More's
beliefs on Henry VIII and the royal supremacy, on
the power of Parliament, on the power of the papacy
and of the General Council of the Roman Catholic
Church." —The Publisher.
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Thomas
More: A Biography
by Richard Marius
Paperback Reprint edition
Harvard Univ Pr; March 1999
"Accessible enough to be read by a
wide
audience
but complete and original enough to merit reading by
a specialized audience. It is [a] subtle and satisfying
a portrait...."
—Jack Miles, L.A. Times Book Review
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Thomas
More : The Search for the Inner Man
by Louis L. Martz
Paperback Reprint edition
Yale Univ Pr, August 1992
"Martz draws a compelling picture of
More's attempts during his lonely
imprisonment to adjust to his human
fear of death and to see his own plight
in the perspective of the universal
human condition. In these essays More's
voice and personality speak to us from
his own literate and humorous prose."
—M. Edmund Hussey, Antioch Review
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Life
of Sir Thomas More
by William Roper
Templegate Pub, June 1980
"William Roper was More's son-in-law and
his life of Sir Thomas More, with its
intimate glimpses of life within the More
household, has become a classic biography.
A new gift edition, illustrated with
portraits of More, his family and their
contemporaries by Hans Holbein."
—The Publisher.
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Utopia
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Utopia
by Sir Thomas More, Clarence H. Miller (Translator)
Yale University Press
"Miller has made a lively and accurate translation which preserves the subtlety and wit of More's own Latin. Fluent and highly readable, this new version should be welcomed by all admirers of the Utopia."
— Louis Martz, Yale University
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Utopia
(Norton Critical Edition)
by Sir Thomas More, Robert M. Adams (Translator)
W W Norton & Co, December 1,1991
Once again Norton has published an outstanding critical
edition with authoritative text, backgrounds, and criticism.
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Utopia
by Thomas More, Paul Turner
Repr. Penguin Classics, January, 2003
Revised edition of the Penguin Books' edition of Utopia.
New Introduction and Chronology, as well as list of
further reading; same great text.
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Utopia
(Bedford Book in History and Culture)
by Thomas More, David Harris Sacks (Editor)
Bedford Books, January 1997
"The original 1551 translation by Ralph
Robynson is extensively annotated by
the editor and other sixteenth century
material is included."—The Publisher
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Utopia
(CD Audiobook)
by Thomas More, Read by Bernard Mayes
Blackstone Audio, 2008
Utopia on CD for listening in the car,
on the beach, at the gym, in the bath.
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Critical Studies on Utopia
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Thomas More's Utopia in Early Modern Europe: Paratexts and Contexts
by Terence Cave (Editor)
Manchester University Press, 2009
"Part I consists of a series of chapters which provide a contextual and interpretative framework for each national group of translations; in Part II, the substantive paratexts of all the extant translations of Utopia printed between 1524 and 1643 are reproduced both in the original language and in English translation. The book also contains a chapter sketching the fortunes of the Latin paratexts and editions up to 1650, and a transcription of a single Latin paratext which has never, to our knowledge, been printed in modern times."—The Publisher
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Utopia: An Elusive Vision
(Twayne's Masterwork Studies, No 103)
by Alistair Fox
Published by Twayne Pub, January 1993
"Fox's engaging study is the most extensive treatment
of Utopia to date.... replete with historical detail and an
overview of criticism... allows readers to discern for
themselves the features that contribute to Utopia's
intellectual and rhetorical complexity."—Card Catalog
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More's
Utopia and the Utopian Inheritance
by A. D. Cousins (Editor), Damian Grace (Editor)
Published by University Press of America, April 1995
"Revised papers from a 1992 conference offer varying
perspectives on what constitutes utopia and illuminate
More's text and its legacy. Subjects include utopia and
the Franciscans, the idea of commonwealth according to
the Essenes, Biosphere 2, the Sandwich Islands in early
Protestant missionary activity, and Voltaire's Eldorado."
—Book News, Inc.
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New
Republic : A Commentary on Book I of More's
Utopia
Showing Its Relation to Plato's Republic
by Colin Starnes
Published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ Pr, July 1990
"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." —The Publisher
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The
Utopian Vision: Seven Essays on
the Quincentennial of Sir Thomas More
by E. D. S. Sullivan (Editor)
US $42.50
Published by San Diego State Univ, March 1983
"These essays provide a broad spread
of
perspectives on
the ways the utopian vision has appeared, ranging from the
"heavenly garden" of the ancient Near East, through Sir
Thomas More's "Utopia" and the idealized societies of fem-
inist science fiction, to the utopian/dystopian expressions
of Kurt Vonnegut. "The Utopian Vision" is enhanced by a
fully annotated bibliography of more than 500 works by
utopian authors or on aspects of utopia."—The Publisher. |
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Interpreting
Thomas More's Utopia
by John C. Olin (Editor)
Published by Fordham Univ Pr, Jan 1990
"The proceedings of a symposium held at Fordham U. in
October, 1985, commemorating the 450th anniversary of
More's death and 50th anniversary of his canonization.
Four essays address various aspects central to under-
standing More's classic."—Booknews, Inc.
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The
Utopian Thought of St. Thomas More
and Its Development in Literature
by Mardelle L. Fortier, Robert F. Fortier
Published by Edwin Mellen Press, Oct 1992
"A major contribution to scholarship is the
exploration of
St. Thomas More's philosophy concerning the conflict of
Reason and Power in Book I of Utopia, since most scholarly
work has concentrated on Book II, the vision of the utopian
society itself. The philosophical conflict between Reason
and Power discussed by Thomas More is also the central
problem in various utopian literary works setting forth Scientific,
Humanistic, Collectivist, New Age, and Natural Utopias."
—The Publisher.
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Gespielte
Geschichte : Die Ausgestellte Fiktion in
Morus' Utopia Und in Shakespeares Englischen
Historienspielen
(Bremer Beitrage Zur Literature-Und)
by Thomas Sorge
Peter Lang Publishing, September 1992
A comparative study of More's Utopia and
Shakespeare's History plays, in German.
History of King Richard III
Other Works
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Dialogue Concerning Heresies
by Sir Thomas More
Scepter Publishers, 2006
"Dialogue Concerning Heresies is a conversation between the experienced humanist and statesman More and an intelligent college student who has been influenced by the spirit and ideas of the "new men" and reformers, especially Martin Luther and William Tyndale. It addresses questions that continue to be discussed today: Isn't it idolatry to pray to saints, venerate images, and go on pilgrimages? Why listen to what the Church teaches? Shouldn't we go only by Scripture, since it is the word of God? Why didn't the Church want laypeople to have their own Bible, and in English? How do we know which church is the true one? Why waste time on philosophy and other secular studies if the Bible is God's revealed word? This modernized edition of More's Dialogue brings this masterful work into wide circulation for the first time since its publication in 1529."—The Publisher.
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Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation
by Sir Thomas More, Mary Gottschalk (Translator)
Scepter Publishers, 2006
"Awaiting execution in 1535 for refusing to betray his faith, Thomas More opens the door on his own interior life by creating a fictional dialogue... on the comfort of God in difficulties, the benefits of suffering, atonement for evil acts, faintheartedness and the temptation to suicide, and scrupulosity."—The Publisher.
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Four Last Things / The Supplication of Souls / A Dialogue on Conscience
by Thomas More, Mary Gottschalk (Translator)
Scepter Publications, 2002
"The Four Last Things develops More's advice to his daughter Margaret to meditate on Death, Judgment, Pain and Joy as medicinal herbs in the battle against the spiritual sicknesses of pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy and sloth.
More created The Supplication of Souls in response to a defamatory political tract against the Roman Catholic Church. In it he swiftly reduces to absurdities the charges set forth on the "greed and corruption" of the English clergy and the controversial topic of Purgatory. He sets the record straight in a clear, precise and humorous style.
A Dialogue on Conscience is a collection of letters and dialogues between More and his stepdaughter Alice Alington, and daughter Margaret. Written while imprisoned in the Tower of London by King Henry VIII, More adheres to his course while the others struggle to understand why he refuses to take the oath which ultimately costs him his life."—The Publisher.
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Responsio
Ad Lutherum
The Complete Works of St. Thomas More, Vol 5.
by John M. Headley (Editor)
Yale Univ Press, November 1969
Henry VIII wrote Defence of the Seven Sacraments,
a repudiation of Luther, to which Luther responded,
and More, in turn, responded anonymously in this
tract.
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The
Last Letters of Thomas More
by Thomas More, Alvaro De Silva (Editor)
Hardcover - 214 pages
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2001
"The Last Letters of Thomas More is a
superb new
edition of More's prison correspondence, introduced
and fully annotated for contemporary readers by Alvaro
de Silva. Based on the critical edition of More's cor-
respondence, this volume begins with letters penned
by More to Cromwell and Henry VIII in February 1534
and ends with More's last words to his daughter, Margaret
Roper, on the eve of his execution. "—The Publisher.
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The
English Prayers of Sir Thomas More
by Philip E. Hallett (Editor)
Templegate Pub, February 1997
"The prayers of Sir Thomas More, the Lord Chancellor of Henry VIII, which were written during his imprisonment in the Tower of London
from April 1534 until his beheading the
following year. Up to the time his books
and papers were all removed at the command
of the sovereign, Sir Thomas worked away
busily at these devotions."—The Publisher.
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A
Book for All Seasons : Readings for Every
Day of the Year from the Works of Thomas More
by Thomas More
Templegate Publishers, Dec 1994
"This book consists of extracts from
St.
Thomas More's
English writings or from his reported words. Over 100 pas-
sages are reprinted here for the first time in four centuries
and it is hoped that one value of the selection will prove to
be the introduction of the reader to hitherto scarcely known
treasures from his writings. The main emphasis has been on
More's teaching on religion and the life of the spirit, the tran-
sience of human life and the study of the Scriptures. Drawn
largely from unfamiliar sources, these extracts will give readers
a wider view of More's personality and spirituality." —The Publisher.
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Bibliographical
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Thomas More: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism, 1935-1997
Albert J. Geritz, ed.
Hardcover
Greenwood Press, 1998
"This bibliography includes more than 1600 annotated entries for all major works on More's life and writings published from 1935 to 1997. It cites books, collections of essays, and journal articles written in English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. The opening chapters cover reference works, editions, and editorial concerns. A chapter on biography precedes sections on general critical studies; More's reception, reputation, and influence; the religious and philosophical background of his works; and his language, style, and use of classical and Christian sources. Individual chapters then treat particular major works, such as his History of King Richard III, or clusters of shorter works, such as his English and Latin poems. Entries include cross-references, and the volume closes with a detailed index." —The Publisher
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Miscellaneous
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A Daughter's Love: Thomas More and His Dearest Meg
by John Guy
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009
"With novelistic vividness, John Guy brings to life Thomas More and his daughter Margaret—his confidante and collaborator who played a critical role in safeguarding his legacy... Margaret has been largely airbrushed out of the story in which she played so important a role. John Guy restores her to her rightful place in this captivating account of their relationship.... Guy returns to original sources that have been ignored by generations of historians to create a dramatic new portrait of both Thomas More and the daughter whose devotion secured his place in history."
—The Publisher
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Thomas
More on Statesmanship
by Gerard B. Wegemer
Paperback
Published by Catholic Univ of Amer Pr, August 1998
"Professor Wegemer's book is an
extraordinary
work of interpretation. The key to its success is a
comprehensive grasp of More's life and work,
rooted in a profound sympathy for the man and his
goals. With a calm and confident hand, Wegemer
sheds new light on More's views of statesmanship
and its requirements, on the inner structure of his
enigmatic and playful masterpiece Utopia, and on
the guiding conceptions of his practical political life."
—Prof. Christopher Wolfe, Dept. of Political Science,
Marquette University
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Sir Thomas More
