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The Godwinian Novel: The Rational Fictions of Godwin, Brockden Brown, Mary
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The Godwinian Novel: The Rational Fictions of Godwin, Brockden Brown, Mary Shelley Hardback - 1993

by Pamela Clemit

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Hardback. New. Presents an analysis of a school of fiction inaugurated by William Godwin, and developed in the work of his principal followers, Charles Brockden Brown and Mary Shelley. It uncovers the links between subjective narrative techniques and radical politics in the Romantic period.
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  • Title The Godwinian Novel: The Rational Fictions of Godwin, Brockden Brown, Mary Shelley
  • Author Pamela Clemit
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 268
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Clarendon Press, Oxford, England
  • Date 1993-04-22
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9780198112204
  • ISBN 9780198112204 / 0198112203
  • Weight 1.13 lbs (0.51 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.78 x 5.82 x 0.91 in (22.30 x 14.78 x 2.31 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Horror tales - History and criticism, Romanticism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 92027583
  • Dewey Decimal Code 823.609

From the rear cover

The Godwinian Novel is a pioneering analysis of the school of fiction inaugurated by William Godwin, and developed in the works of his principal followers, Charles Brockden Brown and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. In the first study of these authors as a historically specific group, Pamela Clemit argues for a greater unity between Godwin's fictional techniques and his radical political philosophy than has been perceived. Her analysis of the works of Brown and Mary Shelley, moreover, reveals how these writers modified, reshaped, and redefined Godwin's distinctive themes and techniques in response to shifting ideological pressures in the post-revolutionary period. Examining prose fiction in a period traditionally seen as dominated by poetry, Clemit stresses the necessity for a revised view of British Romanticism. Uncovering the links between Godwin's fictional analysis of subjective experience and his progressive political philosophy, The Godwinian Novel paves the way for a reappraisal of the apparently quietistic and introspective concerns of other writers of the period.

About the author

Pamela Clemit is Professor of English at Queen Mary University of London and a Supernumerary Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford. She is also the recipient of the 2016 Keats-Shelley Association of America Distinguished Scholar Award.