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The Signal of Regard: William Godwin’s Correspondence Networks
Get PDF© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The letter is a gift of attention, in which the writer seeks to communicate regard by means of a signal crafted uniquely for the recipient. The concept of regard, as developed by the economic historian Avner Offer, indicates both attention and approbation. Adam Smith took it to be the driver of human exchange in emotions as much as in commerce. The exchange of regard captures the logic of a prodigious correspondent like William Godwin. The personalization of the gift signal is an attempt to convey an obligation to reciprocate. Godwin was attuned to this obligation and worked hard to fulfil it—with varying degrees of success. His correspondents encompassed almost every significant literary and political figure on the political left from the era of the French Revolution to the 1832 Reform Act. The children of the Godwin household were nourished by bonds of reciprocity, which they developed and extended when, in adulthood, they dispersed across Europe. The letters of Godwin and his correspondents embody a larger conversation, allowing intimacy to be preserved at a distance. The signals they once created for each other may now be received by us
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Chapter I. Introduction (1)
Chapter II. On General And Particular Competition (5)
Chapter III. The Subject Continued (27)
Chapter IV. On The Pronoun Possessive (57)
Chapter V. The Subject Resumed (64)
Chapter VI. On Precedence, &c. (78)
Chapter VII. On Religious Competition (96)
Chapter VIII. On Detraction (111)
Chapter IX. On The Different Classes Of Detractors (131)
Chapter X. On Practical Detraction (207)
Chapter XI. On The Vocabulary Of Detraction (234)
Chapter XII. On Some Of The Most Prominent Subjects Of Detraction, Authoresses, Blue-Stockings, Medical Men, Converts To Serious Religion (240)
Chapter XIII. On Defamation (304)
Chapter XIV. On Those Particularly Exposed To Defamation (335)
Chapter XV. Preventives Against Detraction (346)
Chapter XVI. Address To Religious Professors (367)
Chapter XVII. Address To The Younger Members Of The Society Of Friends (375)
Chapter XVIII. Conclusion (398
New tales : in four volumes.
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Tales of real life.
No full textContains book-plate of James Blackman Ramsbury.v. 1. Lady Anne and Lady Jane. - v. 2. Appearance is against her. - v. 3. Austin and his wife. The mysterious stranger.Mode of access: Internet
