The Saint Sir Thomas More Page
Major Works
Utopia is edited by Edward Surtz, S. J., Yale, 1964. It is also available from Penguin Books and from Norton as a Critical Edition, edited by Robert M. Adams. Highly recommended.
Biography of Pico della Mirandola. (1510 ).
Utopia ( 1516 ). First appeared in Latin; English version, 1551 and 1556.
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History of Richard the Thirde ( 1544 ). On Line
A Dialogue of Comfort Againsy Tribulation ( 1553 ).
Yale University Press published in 1997 the last volume of The Complete Works of St. Thomas More .
About More
Robert Bolt, A Man for all Seasons. Vintage, 1990. This play deals with the conflict between More, loyal to his church, and Henry VIII. The acclaimed film was based on this play.
J. H. Hexter, More's Utopia, The Biography of an Idea. Princeton, 1952.
William Roper, The Life of Sir Thomas More. In Two Early Tudor Lives. Edited by Richard S. Sylvester and Davis P. Harding. Yale, 1962.
Plan of Utopia, Picture from 1518 Edition
Chronology
Sir Thomas More. At the Luminarium. Life, works, reading list.
Sir Thomas More Criticism from Internet Public Library.
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