A Lettered Utopia: Printed Alphabets and the Material Republic of Letters

Several early editions of Thomas More’s “Utopia,” first published in 1516, include the Utopian alphabet, as well as a quatrain of poetry in Utopian and its Latin transliteration. This essay traces the material conditions for the Utopian alphabet, exploring the intellectual contexts and epistemologic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Renaissance quarterly 2020-12, Vol.73 (4), p.1235-1276
Hauptverfasser:	FUCHS, BARBARA, PALMER, PHILIP S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Alphabets Ancient languages Engraving Libraries Materialism More, Thomas (1478-1535) Paratext Poetry Translations Transliteration Travel Utopias
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