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Utopia by Thomas More

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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Utopianism Summary
12,971 words, approx. 43 pages
Overview History Theory in Depth Theory in Action Analysis and Critical Response Topics for...
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Utopias and Utopianism Summary
4,409 words, approx. 15 pages
Utopias and Utopianism The word utopia was invented by Thomas More, who published his famous Utopia (in Latin) in 1516. More coupled the Greek words ou (no, or not) and topos (place) to invent a name that has since passed into nearly universal...
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Utopian Analysis and Design Summary
3,908 words, approx. 13 pages
NOTE: Although the following article has not been revised for this edition of the Encyclopedia, the substantive coverage is currently appropriate. The editors have provided a list of recent works at the end of the article to facilitate research and...
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Utopia and Utopian Ideals Summary
3,016 words, approx. 10 pages
Utopia and Utopian Ideals Introduction The idea of a perfect world can be uniquely individual. For some, it would be a society without war or violence. For others, it would be a world based on equality for all races, creeds, and genders. Still, others...
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Utopia Information
4,340 words, approx. 15 pages
Utopia (from Greek: οὐ, "not", and τόπος, "place" as well as εὖ, "good" or "well", and τόπος ["good place"]—the double meaning was probably intended) is a fictional island near the coast of the Atlantic Ocean written about by Sir...


News and Journals
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The Boston Globe
Forgotten Utopias
05/21/1995: 3,414 words, approx. 11 pages
They're scattered all over Greater Boston. But you don't usually notice them. They've merged, over the decades, almost seamlessly into their surroundings. They're the model neighborhoods. Each was somebody's idea of Utopia: the once-and-for-all ideal American community. Each was carefully planned and designed...
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The Boston Globe
A Modest Utopia
07/01/2001: 493 words, approx. 2 pages
On an early spring morning, Jim Somes talks about the thrill of catching stripers off his back deck at the edge of North Mill Pond in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Somes, an "almost retired" architect, could easily check in at his office. A few blocks...
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AP News
'Utopia,' 'Awakening' Tony contenders
6/10/2007: 399 words, approx. 1 pages
"The Coast of Utopia," Tom Stoppard's sprawling tale of 19th-century Russian intellectuals, and "Spring Awakening," a pounding post-rock musical of teenage sexual anxiety, dominated the recently concluded Broadway season.And there's no reason to believe they won't do the same Sunday at the 2007 Tony Awards...
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AP News
`Utopia' leads Drama Desk winners
5/21/2007: 433 words, approx. 1 pages
"The Coast of Utopia" was chosen best play of the New York theater season, and "Spring Awakening" was named best musical in awards given Sunday by the Drama Desk, an organization of theater journalists."Utopia," Tom Stoppard's epic look at 19th century Russian intellectuals, was the...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by J. H. Hexter
18,140 words, approx. 61 pages
Hexter's essay, "Utopia and Its Historical Milieu" has been recognized since its publication as a groundbreaking contribution to More scholarship. The excerpt that follows presents Hexter's observations on Christian Humanism as the context for the Utopia; in the concluding section, "The Radicalism of Utopia," Hexter argues that More's vision transcended its time in its image of social equality.
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Critical Essay by Frank E. Manuel and Fritzie P. Manuel
14,720 words, approx. 49 pages
In the following excerpt from their introduction to Utopian Thought in the Western World, the critics discuss several aspects of Utopian literature, including: Utopian literary forms, critical approaches to interpretation of Utopian literature, the influence of New World exploration and scientific discovery on Utopian thought, the cultural traditions that have influenced the western conception of utopia, and the characteristics of the Utopian writer.
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Critical Essay by Joel Nydahl
12,997 words, approx. 43 pages
In the following essay, Nydahl surveys the utopian vision expressed in American fictional works of the late eighteenth century.
 
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 92%
A Utopic Society
1,629 words, approx. 5 pages
Essay describes what steps need to taken to have a Utopic society as well as the advantages one would provide.
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Essay Grade: 87%
The Quest For Perfection Never Ceases
1,612 words, approx. 5 pages
Utopias
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Utopian Ideas of Classic and Modern Literature
1,548 words, approx. 5 pages
Two views of utopian society in Sir Thomas More's "Utopia" and the Gary Ross film "Pleasantville." More's novel looked at the possibilities for societal perfection during a time of great political and economic change in 15th century England. In "Pleasantville," a great appreciation of present-day society is promoted by showing the social flaws of the sterotypically idyllic society of the 1950s.
 


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