Part of: An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, in 2 vols. An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, Vol. I.

Anti-Jacobin novels can be seen as responses and criticisms of Godwin’s philosophy broadly and Caleb Williams specifically. Walker’s The Vagabond directly quotes Godwin.

This novel (like Walker’s The Vagabond) is seen as a direct attack on Godwinism especially in the character of Bridgetina Botherim.

Mary Shelley was very influenced by her father’s work (both his major works were published before her birth). The setting of Frankenstein is similar to the setting of Caleb Williams and examines some similar themes related to aristocratic hypocrisy, human perfectibility, and the importance of…

Direct inspirations for Godwin’s idea for a work summarizing developments in political philosophy. Godwin began in this project as a response to Burke in 1791 but the project broadened in scope and became An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice which was published in February 1793.

Published within the same year as An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice. This novel attacks aristocratic privilege and is considered an early example of the mystery genre.

Godwin was influenced by both Paine’s Rights of Man and Common Sense. He follows many of Paine’s thoughts on the relationship between society and government in An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice.

Experts from Oxford University discuss the life and times of this famous 18th Century writer, using Godwin’s diary as their starting point.

This award-winning digital edition of the diary of William Godwin maps the radical intellectual and political life of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, as well as providing extensive evidence on publishing relations, conversational coteries, artistic circles and theatrical…