An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice

Author: William Godwin

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2013-10-10

Total Pages: 561

ISBN-13: 0199642621

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Godwin's Political Justice is the founding work of philosophical anarchism. Drawing on the principles of liberty and utility Godwin criticizes government and all forms of secular and religious authority, advocating the free exercise of individual judgement. He raises enduring questions about the nature of our duty to others.

A Fantasy of Reason
A Fantasy of Reason

Author: Don Locke

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-15

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 1135026505

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This ‘philosophical biography’ gives an account of Godwin’s life and thought, and by setting his thoughts in the context of his life, brings the two into juxtaposition. It relates Godwin’s views on politics and morality, education and religion, freedom and society, to the events of his life, notably the revolution in France and its impact on radicalism and reaction in Britain and the parliamentary reforms of 1832.

Caleb Williams
Caleb Williams

Author: William Godwin

Publisher: Broadview Press

Published: 2000-09-14

Total Pages: 580

ISBN-13: 9781551112497

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William Godwin was one of the most popular novelists of the Romantic era; P.B. Shelley praised him, Byron drew heavily on his narrative style, and Mary Shelley, Godwin’s daughter, dedicated Frankenstein to him. Caleb Williams is the riveting account of a young man whose curiosity leads him to pry into a murder from the past. The first novel of crime and detection in English literature, Caleb Williams is also a powerful exposé of the evils and inequities of the political and social system in 1790s Britain. In addition to the text itself, the editors have included an extensive selection of primary source materials from the period, ranging from Godwin’s original manuscript ending and excerpts from his political writings to contemporary reviews, the political writings of Burke and Paine, and materials on criminals and the English prison system.

Language and Revolution in Burke, Wollstonecraft, Paine, and Godwin
Language and Revolution in Burke, Wollstonecraft, Paine, and Godwin

Author: Jane Hodson

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780754654032

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Jane Hodson's book explores the relationship between political persuasion, literary style, and linguistic theory in four key texts on the French Revolution by Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, Thomas Paine, and William Godwin. Situating these texts in the context of more than 50 contemporaneous books on language, as well as pamphlets, novels, and letters, Hodson challenges the notion that the Revolution debate was a straightforward conflict between radical and conservative linguistic practices.