UTOPIA

RobertM.Adams’scelebratedtranslationofUtopiahasbeenmeticulouslyrevisedfortheSecondEditionofthisNortonCriticalEditionashavetheaccompanyingannotations.BackgroundsisdesignedtoassiststudentreadersinanappreciationofUtopiabysheddinglightonthedifferentpointsofviewcontemporarywithMore’swork.IncludedarenewselectionsfromSaintBenedictandTasso,aswellasamedievalsatireonthelandofCockayne.TheHumanistCircle,acarefullychosenselectionofletters,includesanotherimportantcontributionbyErasmus.Criticismincludesfivenewthought-provokingessaysbyAlistairFox,EdwardL.Surtz,G.R.Elton,NorthropFrye,andRobertM.Adams.Alsonewareselectionsfromtwomodernanti-utopiasorquasi-utopias—AldousHuxley’sBraveNewWorldandB.F.Skinner’sWaldenTwo—plusaselectionfromEdwardBellamy’soncefuturisticbutnowalmostcontemporaryLookingBackward,whichmaybecomparedandcontrastedwithMore’smasterpiece.作者简介：RobertM.AdamswasProfessorofEnglishEmeritus,UniversityofCaliforniaatLosAngeles.Hewastheauthorofmanybooks,includingIkon:JohnMiltonandtheModernCritics,StrainsofDiscord,SurfaceandSymbol,TheLandandLiteratureofEngland,andShakespeare—TheFourRomances.HeeditedsixotherNortonCriticalEditions,includingThePrincebyMachiavelli,CandidebyVoltaire,andThePraiseofFollyandOtherWritingsbyErasmusandRedandBlackbyStendhal,thetextsofwhichhealsotranslated.