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British Writers Classics: Thomas More's Utopia
ISBN: 9780684312538
Publication Date: 2002
Written in a clear, jargon-free style by experts in the field, essays cover individual works, including The Canterbury Tales, Emma, Great Expectations, Wuthering Heights, The Importance of Being Earnest, Utopia and Gulliver's Travels, exploring the themes, characterization, use of language and other nuances of these enduring pieces of literature.

Thomas More: Utopia(Films on Demand, 24 min)
This program follows the progress of More’s intellectual development, from his early friendship with the influential humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam, to his rise to power as a member of Parliament and later chancellor of England, through his tempestuous relationship with King Henry VIII—who would eventually break away from the Catholic Church and set into motion More’s execution. In this program, quotations from Utopia serve as a dramatic counterpoint to More’s own life story, bringing into stark relief the contrast between his idealized state and the real world in which he lived and died.
Thomas More and Utopian Origins (Kanopy, 33 min)
Take a step back and learn about the origins of the utopian genre, beginning with Thomas More's Utopia of 1516. More's foundational work gave us the word "utopia," but did it create the genre? Explore the elements of the story to see how it set conventions for later works but also critiqued the very idea of utopia in the process.

The Cambridge Companion to Utopian Literature by Gregory Claeys (Editor)
Call Number: PN56 .U8 C36 2010
Publication Date: 2010
Since the publication of Thomas More's genre-defining work Utopia in 1516, the field of utopian literature has evolved into an ever-expanding domain. This Companion presents an extensive historical survey of the development of utopianism. Chapters address the difficult definition of the concept of utopia, and consider its relation to science fiction and other literary genres. The volume takes an innovative approach to the major themes predominating within the utopian and dystopian literary tradition, including feminism, romance and ecology, and explores in detail the vexed question of the purportedly 'western' nature of the concept of utopia.