St. Leon - A Tale of the Sixteenth Century

St Leon (1799), Godwin's second novel, is a work of challenging ambition. Like his first, Caleb Williams (1794), it is a confessional tale of obsession and spiralling pursuit. In St Leon the emphasis is on the individual's powerlessness in the face of momentous historical change. Set during the Protestant Reformation, St Leon tells the harrowing tale of an exiled French aristocrat who is given the secrets of the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life. His attempts to use these gifts to benefit humanity lead only to disaster. Plunged into self-destructive isolation, he wanders through the centres of European religious controversy, arousing fascination, suspicion, and social unrest wherever he goes. The text of this first paperback edition is based on the 'Bentley's Standard Novels' edition of 1831.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

William Brewer is a Professor of English at Appalachian State University. His publications include The Shelley-Byron Conversation (1994) and The Mental Anatomies of William Godwin and Mary Shelley (2001).

Produktdetails

• Autoren: William Godwin
• Mitarbeit: William D. Brewer (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Broadview Press Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 22.02.2006
• EAN: 9781551115382
• ISBN: 978-1-55111-538-2
• Seiten: 508
• Abmessung: 141 mm x 216 mm x 23 mm
• Gewicht: 494 g
• Thema: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur