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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Letter to William Godwin

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The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)
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Part of the Shelley's Ghost Exhibition. Using false names, Shelley sent copies of The Necessity of the Atheism to 'men of thought and learning', including bishops and clergymen.
Here, writing as 'Jennings Stukeley', he sends 'a tract' to William Godwin, expressing his hope that, if correct, it will 'festinate' the impact of Political Justice. This unusual word, meaning to hasten, is typical of the learned pose Shelley adopts. He makes no mention of his youth, and when sending a copy of The Necessity of Atheism to the Rector of Redmarshall he assumed the role of 'Charles Meyton', a well to do elderly clergyman.

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The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)
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Henry Cockburn
Keywords
Percy Bysshe Shelley
bodleian
atheism
shelley's ghost
shelley
godwin
Department: Bodleian Libraries
Date Added: 02/12/2010
Duration: 00:01:30

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