1798 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1798.
1st London edition of Wordsworth and Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads
Wordsworth in 1798
Coleridge in the 1790s
William Godwin
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William Godwin was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism and the first modern proponent of anarchism. Godwin is most
Portrait by Henry William Pickersgill
James Northcote, William Godwin, oil on canvas, 1802, the National Portrait Gallery
c. 1797 portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft