William Godwin - Hardcover

Marshall, Peter H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300031750 ISBN 13: 9780300031751

Publisher: Yale University Press, 1984

Synopsis

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

About this title

About the Author:

John Clark is an eco-communitarian anarchist theorist and activist. He lives and works in New Orleans. He is the author or editor of a dozen books, most recently The Impossible Community: Realizing Communitarian Anarchism. Peter Marshall is a historian, philosopher, travel writer, and poet. He has written or edited sixteen books, which have been translated into as many different languages.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0300031750
• ISBN 13: 9780300031751
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 498