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"""For too long, there have been multiple Mores: Thomas More – the 'man for all seasons' – has also seemed to be a man of many faces: More's identities as a statesman, humanist, and saint have seemed riven from each other and bafflingly incompatible. In this brilliant, lucid, and pithy account, Joanne Paul reunites More with himself by identifying the central idea that animated his thought and action. This is an original and illuminating work that should be compulsory for any reader of Utopia.""�Suzannah Lipscomb, New College of the Humanities ""A well-organized introduction to Thomas More's body of writing, some published only posthumously, which deftly introduces a general university-level reader to his written corpus.""�Bethany Wiggin, University of Pennsylvania ""Fascinating...Paul shows an impressive mastery of the assorted, disparate aspects of More�s work.""� Spiked Review"

For too long, there have been multiple Mores: Thomas More A the 'man for all seasons' A has also seemed to be a man of many faces: More's identities as a statesman, humanist, and saint have seemed riven from each other and bafflingly incompatible. In this brilliant, lucid, and pithy account, Joanne Paul reunites More with himself by identifying the central idea that animated his thought and action. This is an original and illuminating work that should be compulsory for any reader of Utopia. ASuzannah Lipscomb, New College of the Humanities A well-organized introduction to Thomas More's body of writing, some published only posthumously, which deftly introduces a general university-level reader to his written corpus. ABethany Wiggin, University of Pennsylvania Fascinating...Paul shows an impressive mastery of the assorted, disparate aspects of MoreAs work. A Spiked Review

For too long, there have been multiple Mores: Thomas More ? the 'man for all seasons' ? has also seemed to be a man of many faces: More's identities as a statesman, humanist, and saint have seemed riven from each other and bafflingly incompatible. In this brilliant, lucid, and pithy account, Joanne Paul reunites More with himself by identifying the central idea that animated his thought and action. This is an original and illuminating work that should be compulsory for any reader of Utopia. <b>Suzannah Lipscomb, New College of the Humanities</b> A well-organized introduction to Thomas More's body of writing, some published only posthumously, which deftly introduces a general university-level reader to his written corpus. <b>Bethany Wiggin, University of Pennsylvania

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Joanne Paul is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Sussex.

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