{"product_id":"thomas-mores-utopia-in-early-modern-europe-9780719088483","title":"Thomas Mores Utopia in early modern Europe","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas More''s Utopia in Early Modern Europe provides the first complete account of all the editions of Utopia, whether vernacular or Latin, printed before 1650, together with a transcription of all the prefatory materials they contain.  The reception of the idea of Utopia in early modern Europe has been studied extensively before: what has been lacking is a composite picture of how Utopia moved by means of translation from culture to culture and of the ways in which particular versions offered themselves to their readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I consists of a series of chapters which provide a contextual and interpretative framework for each national group of translations; in Part II, the substantive paratexts of all the extant translations of Utopia printed between 1524 and 1643 are reproduced both in the original language and in English translation. The book also contains a chapter sketching the fortunes of the Latin paratexts and editions up to 1650, and a transcription of a single Latin \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003ePart I\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1 A Protean text: Utopia in Latin, 1516-1631\u003cbr\u003e2 The German translations: humanist politics and literary journalism\t\u003cbr\u003e3 The Italian Utopia of Lando, Doni and Sansovino: paradox and politics \u003cbr\u003e4 The French versions of Utopia: Christian and cosmopolitan models\u003cbr\u003e5 The English translation: thinking about the commonwealth\u003cbr\u003e6 The Dutch translation: austerity and pragmatism\u003cbr\u003e7 The Spanish translations: humanism and politics \u003cbr\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003ePart II\u003cbr\u003ePrinciples and editorial conventions\u003cbr\u003eThe German paratexts\u003cbr\u003eThe Italian paratexts\u003cbr\u003eThe French paratexts\u003cbr\u003eThe English paratexts\u003cbr\u003eThe Dutch paratexts\u003cbr\u003eThe Spanish paratexts\u003cbr\u003eA Latin paratext: Milan 1620\u003cbr\u003eTable: paratexts in the Latin editions\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037339582807,"sku":"9780719088483","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719088483.jpg?v=1750935360","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/thomas-mores-utopia-in-early-modern-europe-9780719088483","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}