Revised introduction examines Godwin's background of religious dissent, the literary and political climate of his times, and his belief in "philosophical anarchism"
Includes a chronology, updated further reading, appendices, and notes
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Maurice Hindle edited Frankenstein and Dracula for Penguin Classics and teaches at the Open University.
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