Utopia 2e (NCE) (Norton Critical Editions) - Softcover

More, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393961451 ISBN 13: 9780393961454

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 1992

Synopsis

A new edition of a highly regarded translation of one of the most influential achievements in the Western philosophical-literary tradition and the work that gave rise to the genre of utopian fiction.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert M. Adams was Professor of English (Emeritus) at the University of California at Los Angeles. He was the author of many books, including Ikon: John Milton and the Modern Critics; Strains of Discord; Proteus, His Lies, His Truth: Discussion of Literary Translation; The Land and Literature of England; and Shakespeare--The Four Romances. In addition to the Norton Critical Edition of Utopia (he was translator and editor of the First and Second Editions), Professor Adams was editor of five other Norton Critical Editions, including The Prince by Machiavelli, Candide by Voltaire, and The Praise of Folly and Other Writings by Erasmus, the texts of which he also translated. He was a founding editor of The Norton Anthology of English Literature.

Synopsis:

This edition has been revised with new annotations, including a criticism section which contains essays and selections from two modern Utopias - Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" and B.F. Skinner's "Walden Two" - plus extracts from Edward Bellamy's futuristic "Looking Backward".

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0393961451
• ISBN 13: 9780393961454
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272