Utopia & Utopian Literature
Sir Thomas More
In CliffsNotes on Utopia & Utopian Literature, discover the Utopian movement that Thomas More helped usher in with his complex Utopia. Explore brief discussions on works such as Plato's Republic, Sir Francis Bacon's The New Atlantis, and H.G. Wells's A Modern Utopia. In an in-depth look at More's Utopia., three characters debate how 16th-century society can be improved — from the city level to the community to the individual — to eliminate corruption and inequities of life.