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30. Jan. 2023 · A century and a half before him, the radical and far-seeing political philosopher and novelist William Godwin (March 3, 1756–April 7, 1836) — father of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley — examined the building blocks of the good life in The Enquirer: Reflections on Education, Manners, and Literature (public library) — the book he began writing when his wife, the radical and far-seeing ...
Social and Historical Background. Other Secondary Sources in Philosophy, Education, Fiction, and Anarchism. 1. Life. William Godwin was born in 1756 in Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, England, the seventh of thirteen children. His father was a Dissenting minister; his mother was the daughter of a successful shipowner.
5. Juni 2023 · Born in London in 1797, she led a life full of personal and professional challenges, yet managed to create some of the most enduring works of literature of the Romantic era. Here are 10 interesting facts about Mary Shelley. 1. Her parents were famous intellectuals. Mary Shelley was born to two of the most famous intellectuals of her time.
16. Mai 2019 · A new biography lauds William Godwin, but some contemporary radicals of the 1790s offer better inspiration for the modern left, argues Dominic Alexander. Richard Gough Thomas, William Godwin: A Political Life (Pluto Press 2019), vii, 166pp. Ideas are shaped by their times, but not in the way that a mirror reflects an image.
William Godwin(1756 - 1836) English philosopher, novelist, essayist, historian, playwright, and biographer. Although known primarily for his philosophical works and his influence on English Romantic writers, Godwin is also remembered for his contributions to the Gothic literary tradition. His best-known novel, Things As They Are; or, The ...
But a child of quick apprehension early begins to have day- dreams, and to form imaginations of the various chances that may occur to him, and the things he shall have to do, when, according to the language of the story- books, he “goes out to seek his fortune.”. “God made man upright.”. Every child that is born, has within him a ...
Brief Life History of William. When William Godwin was born in 1679, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas Godwin II, was 24 and his mother, Martha Bridger, was 21. He married Ann Pitt in 1697, in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 26 September 1720, in Isle ...
