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Author Maniquis, Robert

Title Godwinian Moments : From the Enlightenment to Romanticism
Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (311 pages)
Series UCLA Clark Memorial Library Series
UCLA Clark Memorial Library series.
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction; PART I: GODWIN'S RADICAL MOMENT; 1 Godwin's Calvinist Ghosts: Political Justice and Caleb Williams; 2 Godwin, Thelwall, and the Means of Progress; 3 'The Press and Danger of the Crowd': Godwin, Thelwall, and the Counter-Public Sphere; 4 'Awakening the Mind': William Godwin's Enquirer; 5 Godwin Disguised: Politics in the Juvenile Library; PART II: GODWIN'S EXPERIMENTS WITH HISTORY; 6 Oratory and History: Godwin's History of the Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
7 The Disfiguration of Enlightenment: War, Trauma, and the Historical Novel in Godwin's Mandeville8 'This is the dread hour, / That must decide the fate of England!': Godwin's St Dunstan; 9 Heavy Drama; PART III: GODWIN'S ACQUAINTANCES; 10 The Philosopher and the Moneylender: The Relationship between William Godwin and John King; 11 Commerce of Luminaries: Eight Letters between William Godwin and Thomas Wedgwood; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary Godwinian Moments is the first ever book collection on the work of William Godwin, the radical British philosopher, novelist, and pamphleteer who contributed extensively to the political and cultural shifts of 1783 to 1834
Notes Print version record
Subject Godwin, William, 1756-1836 -- Criticism and interpretation
Godwin, William, 1756-1836 -- Political and social views
Godwin, William, 1756-1836 -- Friends and associates
SUBJECT Godwin, William, 1756-1836 fast
Subject Friendship
Political and social views
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Myers, Victoria
ISBN 9781442693999
1442693991