Shelley: The Pursuit (176 page)

Glas, John,
169
& n.

Gnostics,
243 n.
,
245 n.

Godwin, Charles,
see
Clairmont, Charles

Godwin, Jane,
see
Clairmont, Claire

Godwin, Fanny (William Godwin’s step-daughter,
see
Imlay),
147
& n.,
150
,
171
,
231
,
251
,
269
,
277
,
312
; friendship with Shelley,
169–70
; warns Shelley of bailiffs coming to arrest him,
265
; visits Shelley on his return to London,
346
; and her suicide (1816),
347–8

Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft,
see
Wollstonecraft, Mary

Godwin, William,
7
,
8
,
26
,
40
,
43
,
63
,
147
,
156
,
174 n.
,
197
,
227
,
230
,
254
,
274
,
292
,
311
,
339
,
351
,
385
,
562
,
591
,
600
; influence on Shelley,
97–8
,
121
,
138
,
202
,
206
; Shelley’s letter of introduction to,
102–3
; and subsequent correspondence,
103–5
; his criticism of Shelley’s
Address
,
122
; and Irish liberation movement,
123
,
124
; marriage to Mary Wollstonecraft,
124 n.
; Shelley’s correspondence with,
126
,
127
,
129–31
,
135
,
144–5
,
150–1
,
152
; criticizes
Proposal for an Association
,
129–30
; Shelley’s plan for Godwins to join him in Wales,
133
,
134
; and Shelley re-affirms loyalty to,
144–5
; Elizabeth Hitchener stays night at house of,
147–8
; Shelley’s debate on
Political Justice
with,
152
; finds Shelleys gone on arriving at Lynmouth,
161–2
; first meeting and friendship with Shelleys,
167–9
,
171
; appearance,
168
; Hazlitt’s essay on,
169
; his two marriages and family relations,
169–71
; his advice to Shelley on study of history,
181–2
; out of favour with Shelleys,
184
; and meets Shelley again in London,
200
; letters about inheritance to Shelley,
222
; and Shelley’s filial dependence on,
223–4
,
351
; and financial support to,
223
,
226
,
229
,
232–3
,
234
,
238
,
250
,
269
,
270
,
284
,
307
,
311–14
,
319
,
320–1
,
346
,
379
,
407
,
411–12
,
413
,
526
,
603–4
; Mary returns to Skinner Street,
226
; and his relationship with Mary,
170
,
230
,
232
; and against Shelley’s relationship with Mary,
232–4
; and Shelley’s elopement with Mary and Claire,
234
,
236
,
254
; Shelley ostracized by,
251
,
257
; and Jane refuses to come home,
264
,
269–70
; Shelley’s letter about estate settlement to,
283
; and his letter about
Alastor
to,
310
; continues to ostracize Shelley while seeking his financial aid,
311–15
; and Shelley’s farewell letter from Dover to,
320–2
; and bitterness towards,
327
; and Shelley sends £5 cheque from Evian to,
335
; and Shelley’s Will,
346 n.
; his reactions to Fanny’s suicide,
347
; present at marriage of Shelley and Mary,
355
; his visit to Albion House, Marlow,
368
,
407
; and Shelley’s visits to London to,
383–4
,
388
; Mary’s
Frankenstein
dedicated to,
389
; his criticism of
Laon and Cythna
,
389–90
; Shelley’s letter about ill-health to,
391–2
; and deteriorating relations with Shelley,
411–12
; his friendship with Gisbornes,
432
,
603–4
,
614–15
; Shelley’s letters from Italy to,
428
,
603–4
; and his letters to Mary intercepted by Shelley,
526
; convicted for arrears in rent,
550
; Mrs Mason’s correspondence with,
576
; effect of his constant demands for money on Mary,
597
,
598
,
603
; Mary gives profits from
Valperga
to,
675
& n.; death of,
732

Godwin, Mrs William (née Clairmont: 2nd wife),
168
,
170
,
171
,
223
,
269
,
270
; her jealousy and dislike of Mary Godwin,
232
,
353
; and account of Shelley’s suicide threat,
233
& n.; Shelley’s elopement with Mary and Claire and,
235–6
; her condemnation of Shelley,
312
; and Fanny’s suicide,
347
; present at marriage of Shelley and Mary,
355–6
; Claire bids farewell to,
412

Godwin, William, Jr,
170
,
174
,
407

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von,
221
,
332
,
344
,
490
,
612
,
673
,
678
,
691–4

Gordon Riots,
76

Goring, Lady Augusta,
732

Goring Castle,
10
,
266

Gothic (horror) fiction,
8
,
13
,
14
,
30
,
31
,
33–5
,
39
,
261 n.
,
328
,
330
,
627 n.

Grabo, Carl,
xii

Graham, Edward,
61
,
75
,
81
; friendship with Shelley,
31
,
33
,
34
,
35
,
51
,
56
; and accused of adulterous relationship with Shelley’s mother,
88
& n.

Grattan, Henry,
123

Gray, Thomas,
293

Greece,
613
,
619
,
641
; war of independence (1821),
646
,
652
,
677
; Shelley’s declaration of Philhellenism in
Hellas
,
677–81
; Byron and Trelawny in,
731

Greek exiles, patriots in Europe,
624
,
686

Greenlaw, Dr,
5
,
13

Grenville, Lord,
54

Grove, Charles,
29
,
77
,
78
,
79
,
89

Grove family,
23
,
28
,
56
,
73

Grove, Harriet,
23
,
28–30
,
33
,
40
,
46
,
48
,
62
,
64
,
73
,
135
,
326
,
632

Grove, John,
61
,
62
,
77
,
88 n.

Grove, Thomas, Shelley stays at Cwm Elan with,
73–7
,
143–5

Gryll Grange
, T. L. Peacock,
733

Guercino,
459

Guiccioli, Count,
664

Guiccioli, Countess Teresa,
571
,
664
,
666
,
669
,
671
,
672
,
673
,
676
,
677
,
682
,
685
,
686–7
,
697
,
706
,
710