Utopia: A Revised Translation Backgrounds Criticism

More, Thomas

ISBN 10: 0393961451 / ISBN 13: 9780393961454

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1991

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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 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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Utopia: A Revised Translation Backgrounds ...
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: very_good
Edition: 2nd Edition