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 ...
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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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Good in Very Good jacket. A Good or better copy in red cloth, in a Very Good dust jacket. Mild wear to the spine cloth and the dust jacket at the upper spine tip. The binding is sound, the text is clean/unmarked, and not ex-library.
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Book. Octavo; G/G+ Hardcover w/ Dustjacket; Black spine with Beige text; Dustjacket has some edgewear, some shelfwear, wrinkling along spine edges and head edge of both covers; Boards strong, some edgewear, some shelfwear, rubbing to corners; Textblock has markings in pencil on some pages, otherwise clean; 497 pp. 1332306. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. This is a study of the life and work of the English philosopher, novelist, and revolutionary, known for his literary connections as husband of Mary Wollstonecraft, father of Mary Shelley, friend of Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley and other writers; Godwin has also been recognized as an exponent of anarchism, an original moral thinker, and a proponent of socialist economics and progressive education; this work places Godwin in his social, political, and historical context, traces the origin and development of his ideas, and provides a critical estimate of his works; includes many illustrations (orange cloth with slight creasing at ends of spine; brown dust jacket with portraits of Godwin on the front and back has slight edge wear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)
