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Thomas More's Epigrammata : political theory in a poetic idiom

Thomas More's Epigrammata : political theory in a poetic idiom Thomas z political theory in a poetic idiom* There is a bias in the study of political theory towards discursive modes of theorising which is reflected in criticism of the corpus of Sir Thomas More. For historians of political thought the focus of attention is Utopia, with companion works such as The History of King Richard HI and the Epigrammata referred to only incidentally. The purpose of this article is to draw attention to the Epigrammata as a work of interest to political theory, and to More's use of the epigrammatic form not only as a vehicle for political expression but as an idiom of a political language whose finest expression was Utopia. This is not to claim for the epigrams a quasi-speculative status but to take the viewpoint of political theory in its widest aspect, that is the study of political discourse and its changes in time. More's epigrams as w e have them, seem to have been written between 1509 and 1519. They were first published with the third edition of Utopia in 1518, and revised and partially corrected by More for a new edition in 1520. The Epigrammata of 1520 comprises 253 mostly short Latin http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Parergon Australian & New Zealand Association of Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Inc. (ANAZAMEMS, Inc.)

Thomas More's Epigrammata : political theory in a poetic idiom

Grace, Damian.
Parergon , Volume 3 (1) – Apr 3, 1985
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Thomas z political theory in a poetic idiom* There is a bias in the study of political theory towards discursive modes of theorising which is reflected in criticism of the corpus of Sir Thomas More. For historians of political thought the focus of attention is Utopia, with companion works such as The History of King Richard HI and the Epigrammata referred to only incidentally. The purpose of this article is to draw attention to the Epigrammata as a work of interest to political theory, and to More's use of the epigrammatic form not only as a vehicle for political expression but as an idiom of a political language whose finest expression was Utopia. This is not to claim for the epigrams a quasi-speculative status but to take the viewpoint of political theory in its widest aspect, that is the study of political discourse and its changes in time. More's epigrams as w e have them, seem to have been written between 1509 and 1519. They were first published with the third edition of Utopia in 1518, and revised and partially corrected by More for a new edition in 1520. The Epigrammata of 1520 comprises 253 mostly short Latin

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Parergon – Australian & New Zealand Association of Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Inc. (ANAZAMEMS, Inc.)

Published: Apr 3, 1985

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