{"product_id":"thomas-elyot-the-image-of-governance-and-other-dialogues-of-counsel-1533-1541-paperback","title":"Thomas Elyot, 'The Image of Governance' and Other Dialogues of Counsel (1533-1541) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid R. Carlson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Elyot's \u003cem\u003eImage of Governance\u003c\/em\u003e is an English-language version of the matter of Thomas More's \u003cem\u003eUtopia\u003c\/em\u003e: a tract \u003cem\u003ede optimo statu reipublicae\u003c\/em\u003e, likewise replete with imagined 'dialogues of counsel'; but in an anti-utopian, monarchist perspective, calculated to appeal to Henry VIII. Moreover, \u003cem\u003eImage of Governance\u003c\/em\u003e is not imaginary but historical, translated from the late antique Latin \u003cem\u003eHistoria augusta\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe present book provides critical editions of Elyot's political writings other than the \u003cem\u003eGovernour\u003c\/em\u003e, all of which are or incorporate extensive translations of ancient Greek and Latin writings, like the \u003cem\u003eImage of Governance\u003c\/em\u003e. In these related 'Dialogues of Counsel', Elyot takes ancient historical cases -- Plato's sale into slavery by Dionysius the tyrant of Syracuse, for example; or the life of the West Asian emperor Zenobia, a woman under patriarchy; or the advice of the Attic orator Isocrates to King Nicocles of Salamis; or the failed but ambitious late Roman imperiate of Alexander Severus; et cetera -- and dramatises them, by means of the sort of Lucianic dialogue that Erasmus had used for the \u003cem\u003ePraise of Folly\u003c\/em\u003e (More too), except in the vernacular, for a relatively broader, more popular English audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 354\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45578571841638,"sku":"9781781886212","price":66.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/DfDniZW_r_9781781886212.webp?v=1777585840","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/thomas-elyot-the-image-of-governance-and-other-dialogues-of-counsel-1533-1541-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}