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Renaissance · Political fiction

Utopia

by Thomas More. A traveler describes an imaginary commonwealth whose institutions expose contradictions in European society.

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Date
1516
Origin
England
Era
Renaissance
Genre
Political fiction
Difficulty
Moderate
Length
Medium
Collection
The Western Canon

Subjects and themes

Ideal SocietyPropertyCritique

Why it matters

A traveler describes an imaginary commonwealth whose institutions expose contradictions in European society.

This work is included in the collection on the basis of great books / harvard. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.

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Reading path

Essential 100

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