What is it about?
Was Thomas More a "genius"? This essay examines the meaning and English translation of the Latin word ingenium in the prefatory letters to the 1518 edition of Utopia.
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Why is it important?
In the context of the classical oratorical tradition and its important iteration and adjustment in Erasmus's De copia (1512–34), the uses of ingenium indicate how humanist readers of Utopia assessed More's rhetorical abilities.
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This page is a summary of: Thomas More and the “genius” of Utopia, Moreana, June 2017, Edinburgh University Press,
DOI: 10.3366/more.2017.0003.
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Moreana: Thomas More and Renaissance Studies
Founded in 1963, Moreana publishes academic research about the person, historical milieu, and writing of the English humanist, Thomas More. In addition, the journal promotes research in cultural, historical, religious, and political contexts of the sixteenth century.
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