The Collected Novels and Memoirs of William Godwin Vol 1 - Hardcover

Clemit, Pamela; Hindle, Maurice; Philp, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138758167 ISBN 13: 9781138758162

Publisher: Routledge, 1992

Synopsis

A collection in eight volumes of the novels and memoirs of William Godwin, one of the foremost philosophers and radical thinkers of his age. There is a general introduction covering Godwin's life and literary works and each volume is prefaced by a scholarly introduction.

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About the Author

Pamela Clemit is Professor of English Studies at Durham University.

Mary Shelley (1797a1851) became one of the first bestselling female authors soon after the publication in 1818 of "Frankenstein," her best-known work.
Elizabeth Kostova is the author of the bestselling novel "The Historian,"
Maurice Hindle teaches literature at the Open University in London. He is the editor of the Penguin Classics editions of "Dracula" and "Caleb Williams,"
Daniel Clowes is the author of the graphic novel "Ghost World," which was made into a feature film in 2001.

Mark Philp is Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Oriel College and University Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Oxford. He has written extensively on political thought and political movements in Britain at the time of the French Revolution. He is the author of books on Paine and William Godwin, is the General Editor of The Collected Writings of William Godwin and directed the Leverhulme-funded project digitising and editing Godwin's diary (available at: http: //godwindiary.bodleian.ox.ac.uk). He has also written widely on political theory, specialising on political realism, methods, political corruption and political conduct. He is the co-founder of the research network 'Re-imagining Democracy 1750 1850'. He teaches and supervises widely in political theory and political sociology. He is a member of learned societies in history and in politics, held a BA/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship from 1999 to 2000, and is an Officier des Palmes Academiques. From 2000 to 2005 he was the first head of the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. He has been the chair of the Research Advisory Board to the Committee on Standards in Public Life since 2007.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 1138758167
• ISBN 13: 9781138758162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 220