The Western Literary Canon in Context

"Man for All Seasons" - More and His Utopia (1x18)

Udgivelsesdato: Jan 01, 2008

The invention of the printing press brought the canon of ancient texts to a wider readership. In this lecture, you explore how Sir Thomas More availed himself of this new technology when, influenced by the many works before him, he wrote Utopia and created the genre of utopian literature.