Thomas More in America

Magid, Annette M.

doi:10.5325/utopianstudies.27.3.0521

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Research Article| December 01 2016

Thomas More in America

Annette M. Magid

annette m. magid, Ph.D., is affiliated with State University of New York, Erie Community College, Buffalo, N.Y. Her areas of expertise include American/British utopian literature and film; science fiction literature and film; as well as children's literature. Her publications include Apocalyptic Projections: A Study of Past Predictions, Current Trends and Future Intimations as Related to Film and Literature, 2015; Wilde's Wiles: Studies of the Influence on Oscar Wilde and His Enduring Influences in the Twenty-First Century, 2013; You Are What You Eat: Literary Probes into the Palate, 2008; and Tunnel of Stone, 2002. In addition, she has published articles in a variety of utopian journals and monographs. Her book Quintessential Wilde: His Worldly Place, His Penetrating Philosophy and His Influential Aestheticism will be published in 2017.

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Utopian Studies (2016) 27 (3): 521–528.

https://doi.org/10.5325/utopianstudies.27.3.0521

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Sir Thomas More's Utopia strongly influenced the formation of American ideology, which is an amalgam of American utopian theories and utopic European philosophies such as those brought to America by groups as well as individuals escaping the tyranny of philosophical, and at times physical, abuse. In addition, the founding laws established to govern the people in the United States seem to be strongly rooted in the theories presented in More's Utopia. References to the influence of More's Utopia on American literature are also included. This article deals with the circulation of utopian ideals in America and looks at the American translations of More's masterpiece. It further offers a selected list of studies on Utopia.

translation, America, first settlers, Roger Williams, Edward Bellamy, Upton Sinclair

2016

The Pennsylvania State University

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