Journal Article

RECENT STUDIES IN MORE (1990-2003)

Geritz, Albert J.

2005

Overview

The completion of the volumes planned for the Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More, the fortieth‐first year of the publication of the Bulletin of the Amici Thomae Mori (Moreana) and other serials, such as Sixteenth Century Journal, the International Thomas More Congress held every three years, along with other meetings, and the Tyndale Quincentennary—all these venues and others have combined to inspire scholars to write the numerous articles, monographs, collections of essays, festschrifts, and books considered in this study. Although studies of More's life, Utopia, the polemical works, and Richard III predominate, the essay also examines the increased interest scholars have taken recently in the Latin poems, devotional works, and English poems. In spite of the plethora of recent scholarship which, at first glance, would seem to exhaust what could or should be said, the essay concludes that much work, particularly on More's early life, his theological perspective, Utopia, and the polemical tracts needs to be done. Further interest in More's involvement in the law from a historical and political point of view, in comparing him to his contemporaries, and in his flair for the dramatic will continue to intrigue scholars, and studies will likely use inter‐disciplinary/cross‐cultural approaches. (A.J.G.)

• Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Ltd,Blackwell Publishing Ltd,The University of Chicago Press,University of Chicago Press
• Subject: English literature / Humanism / Literary criticism / More, Thomas (1478-1535) / Poetry / Renaissance literature / Renaissance philosophy / Theater / Utopian fiction / Utopian socialism / Utopianism / Utopias / Writers