English Literature / Unit 6 ENL 0503 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Thomas More's Utopia
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The idea
Thomas More, humanist and later Lord Chancellor, wrote Utopia in Latin, published in fifteen sixteen. A traveller, Raphael, describes an island where the towns hold property in common and no one wants. The name means "no place." More was executed for refusing to accept Henry as head of the Church.
In practice
An ideal island, described by a traveller.
Where people slip
Utopia means no place.
Your place on the trail
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