A work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More, written in Latin and first published in 1516, then revised in 1518. It describes a fictional island society, Utopia, visited and reported on by a traveler named Raphael Hythloday, using the imagined community's customs, property arrangements and laws to hold up a mirror to, and implicitly critique, the political and religious conditions of More's own sixteenth-century Europe; the book gave the English language its word for an ideal, imagined society. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Classification
Original Language Composed, From (Year) FAQs
Is Thomas More's Utopia a serious blueprint or a satire?
A work of fiction and socio-political satire that implicitly critiques More's Europe.
Utopia is described as a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More, written in Latin and published in 1516 and revised in 1518. The imagined island community reported on by the traveler Raphael Hythloday uses its customs, property arrangements and laws to hold up a mirror to the political and religious conditions of More's own sixteenth-century Europe, so the book works chiefly as an implicit critique of that Europe rather than as a plain proposal for reform.
Connections
Authored By
Source Utopia (book) (Wikipedia)
In Genre
Source Utopia (book) (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
Original Language
Also in Language Atlas: the original language of this subject.
Originated In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.
Source Utopia (book) (Wikipedia)tier 2
Sources
1. Open Library: Utopia
2. Utopia (book) (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundationlead section
Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More (1478-1535), written in Latin and published in 1516 and revised in 1518.
Lead
is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More (1478-1535), written in Latin and published in 1516 and revised in 1518.
Original language statement
A work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More, written in Latin and first published in 1516, then revised in 1518.
Authored By: Sir Thomas More, Lead section, authorship
Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More (1478-1535), written in Latin and published in 1516 and revised in 1518.
In Genre: Utopian and Dystopian Fiction, Lead section, utopian fiction
the book gave the English language its word for an ideal, imagined society
In Genre: Satire, Lead section, satire description
Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More (1478-1535), written in Latin and published in 1516 and revised in 1518.
View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.