In 1504 he became a Member of Parliament, where he persuaded the members not to vote to the king the huge sum of money he demanded. In 1505 he married Jane Colt whom he had 4 children. His 3 daughters and 1 son were educated by the best scholars available. Jane died in 1511, and then Thomas married with a widow, Alice Middleton. Utopia It was written in 1515. The description of Utopia is put in the mouth of a traveller, Raphael Hythloday. This name is Greek for a teller of lies. Raphael argues that communism is the cure against egoism in life. Raphael is said to have been a former travelling companion of the famous navigator. For this book, a famous Dutch scholar called More the one genius of England. Utopia was originally written in Latin and printed in 1516. It was translated into German, French, English, Spanish and Italian. Utopia means fictions, fantasies of the future.
kaks tagasiteel (120 pala), tänapäevani on säilinud 24 jutustust 23 reisikaaslaselt , 3 lugu on proosas, ülejäänud värsivormis. Esindatud on erinevad ühiskonnakihid, elu on jäädvustatud paljutahulise tervikuna. Thomas More (1478-1535) kirjutas nii ladina kui ka inglise keeles, peateos "Utoopia"(1516 ladina k, 1551 inglise keeles) ou (ei) topos (koht, maa) kreekas keeles ei kusagil asuv maa. I osa jutustab rändur Hythloday oma Inglismaa-muljetest, kritiseerib sotsiaalset ebavõrdsust. II osas jutustab autorile sellest, mida ta koges kusagil kaugel lääne pool asuval Utoopia saarel, kus ühiskond on organiseeritud ratsionaalsete printsiipide kohaselt. Inglise renessansidraama küpsus algas 1570ndatel. Christophe Marlowe (1564-1593) - luuletused, tõlked antiikautorid (Ovidius, Lukianos); näidendid: "Tamerlan Suur" I-II (1590/92), "Doktor Faustuse traagiline lugu" (1604), "Edward Teine"(1593) jt
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