William Godwin (and his diary) [ Philosophy / Politics / Political & Moral philosophy / Feelings & Emotions / Diaries & Letters ]
… struck less by how sociable the prisons were, and more by how far Godwin used Newgate as a site for exclusive bilateral conversations with Gerrald. Half of Godwin’s visits to Newgate do not register other people as present. The most likely … Gerrald for that purpose – not as part of a network of support or solidarity, but as an opportunity to engage in intense conversational exchange that was central to their intellectual friendship . 5 . David Alexander, Richard Newton and … modern sociology’, American Journal of Sociology (vol. 95, n° 6, 1990), p. 1474-1504 . In the DIGIT.EN.S Anthology On Conversation (1793) … William Godwin kept a detailed diary from the late 1780s until shortly before his death in 1836. It …
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