Thomas More as author of Margaret Roper's letter to Alice Alington
Why would Sir Thomas More write a letter to Alice Alington under the name of Margaret More Roper? To answer that question, this essay examines the political and familial circumstances of the letter's composition, its artfully concealed design of forensic oratory, and use of indirect argument. A...
| Published in: | Moreana |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh University Press
[2019]
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Moreana
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| Further subjects: | B
écrits de prison
B Tower Works B Erasme B dramatic dialogue B ductus obliquus rhetorical theory B art oratoire juridique B Forensic oratory B théorie rhétorique du ductus obliquus B la lettre familière B the familiar letter B Erasmus B Thomas More et Margaret Roper B dialogue dramatique B Utopia B Thomas More and Margaret Roper |
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| Summary: | Why would Sir Thomas More write a letter to Alice Alington under the name of Margaret More Roper? To answer that question, this essay examines the political and familial circumstances of the letter's composition, its artfully concealed design of forensic oratory, and use of indirect argument. A careful analysis of the letter's rhetorical strategy will reveal further that More crafted his defense of conscience with allusion to the question of counsel from Utopia, whether or not a philosopher should enter into a king's service. In the Alington letter, from More's position as an imprisoned, former Chancellor of England, he revised civic humanism's call for political engagement into a powerful statement of defiance against King Henry VIII. |
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| ISSN: | 2398-4961 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Moreana
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3366/more.2019.0048 |