- Paperback: 516 pages
- Publisher: Yale University Press (1 Aug 1984)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0300105444
- ISBN-13: 978-0300105445
- Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,646,489 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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
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The Ideas That Govern Our Lives.
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Peter Marshall's biography is a masterwork. Godwin was the husband of Mary Wollstonecraft, whose daughter Mary married the poet Shelley and wrote Frankenstein. Godwin is not as well known as he should be. Precisely, he was the founder of anarchism as viable social theory. Egalitarianl, social freedom advocate, republican, (Driving past Buckiingham Palace he said "There's a place worse than useless for a thing worse still.") Deist and anti-christian.
"when shall the mind of man again be free, shake off the chains that fasten it to its dungeon, and soar unrestrained in his native element"
This book is brimming with erudition and is indispensable to anyone studying the men or the age.
"when shall the mind of man again be free, shake off the chains that fasten it to its dungeon, and soar unrestrained in his native element"
This book is brimming with erudition and is indispensable to anyone studying the men or the age.
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