A New Utopia

TitleA New Utopia
Year for Search1979
AuthorsMilward, Peter [Christopher] [S.J.](1925-2017)
Date Published1979
PublisherAratake Shuppan
Place Published[Tokyo]
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Eutopia structured like More's Utopia with two parts. The first part is a factual journal of his trip with Japanese friends to Bruges, Belgium to visit the area where More was when he began writing Utopia. The second part (40-68) is a eutopia that contrasts the real Japan with a eutopian version that centers on religion and simplicity.

Additional Publishers

The first two parts were published as In Search of Historic Britain. [Tokyo, Japan]: Aratake Shuppan, 1978; and In Search of More's England. [Tokyo, Japan]: Aratake Shuppan, 1978.

Info Notes

Annotated by Masao Matsuyama and Hisao Hayashi.

Title Note

The cover adds Journal of a Journey: Part III.

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The English author (1925-2017) was a Jesuit priest who has spent most of his life teaching in Japan at Sophia University in Tokyo.

Full Text

1979 Milward, Peter [Christopher, S.J.] (1925-2017). A New Utopia (the cover adds Journal of a Journey: Part III). Annotated by Masao Matsuyama and Hisao Hayashi. [Tokyo, Japan]: Aratake Shuppan. The first two parts were published as In Search of Historic Britain. [Tokyo, Japan]: Aratake Shuppan, 1978; and In Search of More’s England. [Tokyo, Japan]: Aratake Shuppan, 1978. PSt

Eutopia structured like More’s Utopia with two parts. The first part is a factual journal of his trip with Japanese friends to Bruges, Belgium to visit the area where More was when he began writing Utopia. The second part (40-68) is a eutopia that contrasts the real Japan with a eutopian version that centers on religion and simplicity. The English author is a Jesuit priest who has spent most of his life teaching in Japan and is Professor Emeritus of English at Sophia University in Tokyo