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Saint Thomas More's "Utopia" is one of the most important works of
European humanism and serves as a key text in survey courses on
Western intellectual history, the Renaissance, political theory,
and many other subjects. Preeminent More scholar Clarence H. Miller
does justice to the full range of More's rhetoric in this masterful
translation. In a new afterword to this edition, Jerry Harp
contextualizes More's life and "Utopia" within the wider frames of
European humanism and the Renaissance.
"Clarence H. Miller's fine translation tracks the supple variations
of More's Latin with unmatched precision, and his Introduction and
notes are masterly. Jerry Harp's new Afterword adroitly places
More's wonderful little book into its broader contexts in
intellectual history."--George M. Logan, author of "The Meaning of
More's "Utopia""
"Sir Thomas More's "Utopia" is not merely one of the foundational
texts of western culture, but also a book whose most fundamental
concerns are as urgent now as they were in 1516 when it was
written. Clarence H. Miller's wonderful translation of More's
classic is now happily once again available to readers. This is the
English edition that best captures the tone and texture of More's
original Latin, and its notes and introduction, along with the
lively afterward by Jerry Harp, graciously supply exactly the kinds
of help a modern reader might desire."--David Scott Kastan, Yale
University
Diane Glancy is one of the outstanding Native American authors of
modern times. Working in multiple genres - poetry, novel, theatre
and nonfiction - she has created a vast, ceaselessly provocative
oeuvre (more than 35 volumes) and an instantly recognizable voice.
Her subject matter is astonishingly diverse, encompassing
everything from the Cherokee Trail of Tears to the New Testament
character of Dorcas, from the lives of small-town Midwestern women
to the joys of classic automobiles, from grade school maskmaking to
the recuperation of personal heritage in the archives.The essays in
this groundbreaking volume represent the first attempt to
systematically survey this challenging writer. Ten outstanding
scholars approach her work, mapping out controversies and providing
readers of Glancy with various contexts and comparisons through
which to understand her ideas. These chapters take a variety of
ideological and methodological positions (feminist, Christian,
postcolonial, literary-nationalist and more), the better to draw
out the complexities of a writer whose work never lets the reader
come to easy conclusions. Also included are an original interview
with Glancy herself, a survey of previous criticism and a
bibliography of her writings. This volume will therefore serve
equally well as an introduction to Glancy for newcomers and as an
in-depth survey for people already familiar with her work.The Salt
Companion to Diane Glancy is part of a unique series of companion
volumes to Native American poets. Previous subjects include Carter
Revard and Jim Barnes.
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