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1、YoungThomasMoreandtheArtsofLibertyWhatdoesitmeantobeafreecitizenintimesofwarandtyranny?Whatkindofeducationisneededtobea“first”orleadingcitizeninastrife-filledcountry?Andwhatdoesitmeantobefreewhenfreedomisforciblyopposed?TheseconcernspervadeThomasMore’searlie
2、stwritings,writingsmostlyunknown,includinghis280poems,declama-tionontyrannicide,coronationodeforHenryVIII,andlifeofPicodellaMirandola,allwrittenbeforeRichardIIIandUtopia.Thisbookanalyzesthesewritings,guidedespeciallybythefollowingquestions:Facedwithgenerat
3、ionsofcivilwar,whatdidyoungMoreseeasthecausesofthatstrife?Whatdidheseeaspossiblesolutions?WhydidMorespendfourteenyearsafterlawschoollearningGreekandimmers-inghimselfinclassicalstudies?WhydohisearlyworksusevocabularydevisedbyCiceroattheendoftheRomanRepublic
4、?GerardB.WegemerisprofessorofliteratureattheUniversityofDallas,andsince2000hehasbeenthefoundingdirectoroftheCenterforThomasMoreStudies.AmonghispublicationsareAThomasMoreSourceBook,ThomasMoreonStatesmanship,andThomasMore:APortraitofCourage.Hehasservedasaned
5、itorforMoreana,theinter-nationaljournalonThomasMoreandhistimes.Heiseditingapaper-backseriesofThomasMore’smajorworksandhaswrittenarticlesandreviewsonThomasMore,Shakespeare,andRenaissancehuman-isminsuchjournalsasRenascence,PhilosophyandRhetoric,ReviewofPolit
6、ics,BenJonsonJournal,andMoreana.Wegemerhasmaster’sdegreesinpoliticalphilosophyandinliteraturefromBostonCollegeandGeorgetownUniversity,respectively,andearnedhisdoctorateinEnglishliteraturefromtheUniversityofNotreDame.YoungThomasMoreandtheArtsofLibertyGERARD
7、B.WEGEMERUniversityofDallascambridgeuniversitypressCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SaoPaulo,Delhi,Tokyo,MexicoCity˜CambridgeUniversityPress32AvenueoftheAmericas,NewYork,ny10013-2473,usawww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambr
8、idge.org/9780521196536CGerardB.Wegemer2011Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritte
