The Godwins and the Shelleys
Title | The Godwins and the Shelleys PDF eBook |
Author | William St Clair |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 612 |
Release | 1991-06 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780801842337 |
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.
The Godwins and the Shelleys
Title | The Godwins and the Shelleys PDF eBook |
Author | William St. Clair |
Publisher | |
Pages | 572 |
Release | 1989-01 |
Genre | Authors, English |
ISBN | 9780571154227 |
This is a biography of one of the most influential families in the history of ideas. William Godwin's treatise on liberalism, Political Justice, brought the ideas of the French Revolution to Britain. A Vindication of the Rights of Women by his wife, Mary Wollstonecraft, marked the start of the modern women's movement. At a time when Godwin's early achievements had been largely pushed aside, the poet Shelley ran off with his daughter, Mary Godwin, who wrote Frankenstein.
Godwins and the Shelleys
Title | Godwins and the Shelleys PDF eBook |
Author | William St. Clair |
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Release | 19?? |
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ISBN | 9780393307634 |
St. Leon
Title | St. Leon PDF eBook |
Author | William Godwin |
Publisher | Broadview Press |
Pages | 514 |
Release | 2006-02-22 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781551115382 |
Set in Europe during the Protestant Reformation and first published in 1799, St. Leon tells the story of an impoverished aristocrat who obtains the philosopher’s stone and the elixir of immortality. In this philosophical fable, endless riches and immortal life prove to be curses rather than gifts and transform St. Leon into an outcast. William Godwin’s second full-length novel explores the predicament of a would-be philanthropist whose attempts to benefit humanity are frustrated by superstition and ignorance. This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and full annotation. The appendices include contemporary reviews of the novel; Godwin’s writings on immortality, the domestic affections, and alchemy; and selections from works influenced by St. Leon, most notably Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
Posthumous Fragments of Margaret Nicholson
Title | Posthumous Fragments of Margaret Nicholson PDF eBook |
Author | Percy Bysshe Shelley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1810 |
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Rosalind and Helen
Title | Rosalind and Helen PDF eBook |
Author | Percy Bysshe Shelley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 136 |
Release | 1888 |
Genre | English poetry |
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Caleb Williams
Title | Caleb Williams PDF eBook |
Author | William Godwin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 488 |
Release | 1831 |
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