**** Cited in Books for College Libraries, 3d ed. This new translation brings out the liveliness of More's work and offers a reliable version of a masterpiece of social theory. An introduction provides a guide for readers encountering the work for the first time, and advances an original argument on the origins and purposes of Utopia. This edition is further distinguished by the inclusion of a translation of Erasmus' "The Sileni of Alcibiades," a work very close in sentiment to Utopia, and one immensely influential in the 16th century. A combination that can be used in Renaissance and Reformation courses as well as surveys in Western Civilization. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.