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The Sir Thomas More circle : a program of ideas and their impact on secular drama

Title: The Sir Thomas More circle : a program of ideas and their impact on secular drama / by Pearl Hogrefe.
Author: Hogrefe, Pearl
Publication: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1959.

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Description

vi, 360 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Part One analyzes and documents the main ideas which Sir Thomas More and his friends wished to use for the reform of society. These ideas dealt with nature and the law of nature, the bases of true nobility, religious reforms, education in general, and the education of women apropos love and marriage. Part Two is concerned with the expression of these same ideas in the drama connected with the More circle, either by printing or writing, and possibly by staging. [Book jacket].

Subject

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

pt. I Ideas: the program of reform -- Nature and the law of nature -- The bases of true nobility -- Religious reform -- Law and government -- Education in general -- Education of women: love, marriage -- pt. II The impact of their ideas on secular drama -- Nature and the law of nature -- The bases of true nobility -- Religious reform -- Law and government -- Education in general -- Education of women: love, marriage.

LCCN

59010553
x280416813

OCLC

ocm00351640
351640
SCSB-14686364

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library