Christianity and Literature, June 22nd, 2003
Soon after Thomas More's death his family sought to take control of his public image by writing or commissioning accounts of his life. Through those biographies they presumably hoped to dominate future as well as present views on the conflict between his religious and his political commitments. Certainly that was the outcome, whatever the exact scope of their aspirations (see Guy 1-20). Before those biographies were brought into being, however, More had carefully attempted an authoritative self-portrayal--not as revealed by a narrative of his entire life but, rather, as discernible throughout ...
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