THREE UTOPIAS. UTOPIA (Thomas More); THE NEW ATLANTIS (Francis Bacon); THE ISLE OF PINES (Henry Neville) (The Success Collection)

MORE, THOMAS; BACON, SIR FRANCIS; NEVILLE, HENRY

ISBN 13: 9798600149038

Published by Independently published, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THREE UTOPIAS. UTOPIA (Thomas More); THE NEW ATLANTIS (Francis Bacon); THE ISLE OF PINES (Henry Neville) (The Success Collection)
• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798600149038
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1752142062.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 35351410
• Signed: 7/10/2025 10:07:42 AM
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Synopsis

This book collects the first three "utopias" ever written, which influenced all the utopian and dystopian genre even to our days. The first book, Utopia, even gave the name to the genre. It is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More (1478–1535), written in Latin and published in 1516. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social, and political customs. In New Atlantis, Bacon portrayed a vision of the future of human discovery and knowledge, expressing his aspirations and ideals for humankind; depicting the creation of a utopian land where "generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendour, piety and public spirit" are the commonly held qualities of the inhabitants of the mythical Bensalem. The Isle of Pines, published in 1668, has been cited as the first robinsonade before Defoe's work. An example of arcadian fiction, the it presents its story through an Epistolary frame: Letters concerning the discovery of an island in the southern hemisphere, populated with the descendants of a small group of castaways.