ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Ralph Robinson (1520–1577) was an English scholar and man of letters. He is best known for his English translation of Sir Thomas More ’s Utopia, originally written in Latin in 1516.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sir Thomas More completed Utopia in 1516. His original work was written in Latin. It was translated into English by Raphe Robinson and first published in English in 1551. This is the third edition of Robinson’s version, printed in 1597.

Detailed explanation-3: -First written in Latin, Utopia was later translated into other European languages-German, Italian, and French editions appeared in 1550, and an English edition was translated posthumously in 1551.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sir Thomas More (1477-1535) was the first person to write of a ‘utopia’, a word used to describe a perfect imaginary world. More’s book imagines a complex, self-contained community set on an island, in which people share a common culture and way of life.