With the publication of Utopia (1516), Thomas More provided a scathing analysis of the shortcomings of his own society, a realistic suggestion for an alternative mode of social organization, and a satire on unrealistic idealism.
This ed.
This edition reprints Ralph Robinson\'s 1556 translation from More\'s original Latin together with letters and illustrations that accompanied Early editions of Utopia .
Enormously influential, it remains a challenging as well as a playful text.
With the publication of Utopia (1516), Thomas More provided a scathing analysis of the shortcomings of his own society, a realistic suggestion for an alternative mode of social organization, and a satire on unrealistic idealism