Abstract
This essay explores points of contact between Thomas More and William Shakespeare, with the purpose of renewing scholarly discussion of the connection between “the two greatest minds of the Tudor age”. The essay offers fresh consideration of older claims about the connection and suggests some new ways to build upon these claims – really offering the beginning points for a longer and much needed study of these two great authors and the intriguing links between their art and thought. Particular attention is paid to the aesthetic connections between the two, to More’s stature and example as a Renaissance author, and to the authors’ shared interest in Renaissance political philosophy as one means of helping England overcome civil wars and tragedy.
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