Author: Richard Gough Thomas
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
ISBN: 9780745338361
Category : Anarchists
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A biography of the early anarchist whose life and work was at the heart of British Radicalism.

Author: William Godwin
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 486

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Author: Peter H. Marshall
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300105445
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 518

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William Godwin-husband of Mary Wollstonecraft, father of Mary Shelley, friend of Coleridge, Lamb, Hazlitt, and mentor of Wordsworth, Southey, and Shelley-has been recently recognized as an original moral and revolutionary thinker and a novelist of great skill, a man whose influence was far wider than is usually assumed. In a new biography of this flamboyant and fascinating character, Marshall places Godwin in his social, political, and historical context, traces the development of his ideas, and critically analyzes his works. Marshall steers his course.with unfailing sensitivity and skill. It is hard to see how the task could have been better done.-Michael Foot, The Observer An ambitious study that offers a thorough exploration of Godwin's life and complex times.-Linda Simon, Library Journal

Author: William Godwin
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 156

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Author: William Godwin
Publisher: PM Press
ISBN: 1629633283
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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William Godwin (1756–1836) was one of the first exponents of utilitarianism and the first modern proponent of anarchism. He was not only a radical philosopher but a pioneer in libertarian education, a founder of communist economics, and an acute and powerful novelist whose literary family included his partner, pioneering feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft, and his daughter Mary Godwin (later Mary Shelley), who would go on to write Frankenstein and marry the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. His long life straddled two centuries. Not only did he live at the center of radical and intellectual London during the French Revolution, he also commented on some of the most significant changes in modern history. Shaped by the Enlightenment, he became a key figure in English Romanticism. This work offers for the first time a handy collection of Godwin’s key writings in a clear and concise form, together with an assessment of his influence, a biographical sketch, and an analysis of his contribution to anarchist theory and practice. The selections are taken from all of Godwin’s writings including his groundbreaking work during the French Revolution, An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and arranged by editor Peter Marshall to give a coherent account of his thought for the general reader. Godwin’s work will be of interest to all those who believe that rationality, truth, happiness, individuality, equality, and freedom are central concerns of human enquiry and endeavor.

Author: William St Clair
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801842337
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 612

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Based on a thorough exploration of the vast family archives, The Godwins and the Shelleys sheds new light not only on an exceptional family but on the history and literature of the revolutionary and romantic age.

Author: William Godwin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 488

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Author: William Godwin
Publisher:
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Category : Political ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 526

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Author: William Godwin
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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Author: Don Locke
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135026491
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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This ‘philosophical biography’ gives an account of Godwin’s life and thought, and by setting his thoughts in the context of his life, brings the two into juxtaposition. It relates Godwin’s views on politics and morality, education and religion, freedom and society, to the events of his life, notably the revolution in France and its impact on radicalism and reaction in Britain and the parliamentary reforms of 1832.