Francis Godwin (1562-1633) was an English divine, science fiction author, and historian. Born in Northamptonshire, he was the son of Thomas Godwin, Bishop of Bath and Wells. In 1583, he earned his master’s degree from Christ Church, Oxford and was appointed subdean of Exeter four years later. In 1590, he embarked on a tour of Wales with antiquarian William Camden. Godwin earned his Doctor of Divinity in 1595 and spent the next several decades working on such theological and historical tracts as Catalogue of the Bishops of England since the first planting of the Christian Religion in this Island (1601), which earned him an appointment as Bishop of the diocese of Llandaff. His posthumously published The Man in the Moone (1638) is considered an important early work of utopian science fiction that would influence generations of writers and political thinkers, including his grandnephew Jonathan Swift.
4 Ebooks par Francis Godwin
Francis Godwin: The Strange Voyage and Adventures of Domingo Gonsales, to the World in the Moon
In ‘The Strange Voyage and Adventures of Domingo Gonsales, to the World in the Moon’ by Francis Godwin, readers are taken on a fantastical journey to the moon with the protagonist Domingo Gonsales. T …
EPUB
Anglais
€1.99
Francis Godwin: Man in the Moone
Arguably the first work of science fiction in English, Francis Godwin s The Man in the Moone was published in 1638, pseudonymously and posthumously. The novel, which tells the story of Domingo Gonsal …
EPUB
Anglais
DRM
€27.38
Francis Godwin: The Man in the Moone
The Man in the Moone (1638) is a utopian science fiction story by Francis Godwin. Published posthumously, the book appeared under the pseudonym Domingo Gonsales, the name of its intrepid narrator. Th …
EPUB
Anglais
DRM
€4.99
Francis Godwin: The Strange Voyage and Adventures of Domingo Gonsales, to the World in the Moon
Francis Godwin’s ‘The Strange Voyage and Adventures of Domingo Gonsales, to the World in the Moon’ is a groundbreaking work of science fiction published in 1638. This unique narrative follows the pro …
EPUB
Anglais
€1.99