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A Vindication of the Rights of Men; A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution
Mary Wollstonecraft
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Paperback. Editor(s): Todd, Janet. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 318.
This volume brings together extracts of the major political writings of Mary Wollstonecraft in the order in which they appeared in the revolutionary 1790s. It traces her passionate and indignant response to the excitement of the early days of the French Revolution and then her uneasiness at its later bloody phase. It reveals her developing understanding of women's involvement in the political and social life of the nation and her growing awareness of the relationship between politics and economics and between political institutions and the individual. In personal terms, the works show her struggling with a belief in the ... Read more
This volume brings together extracts of the major political writings of Mary Wollstonecraft in the order in which they appeared in the revolutionary 1790s. It traces her passionate and indignant response to the excitement of the early days of the French Revolution and then her uneasiness at its later bloody phase. It reveals her developing understanding of women's involvement in the political and social life of the nation and her growing awareness of the relationship between politics and economics and between political institutions and the individual. In personal terms, the works show her struggling with a belief in the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
320g
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199555468
SKU
V9780199555468
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About Mary Wollstonecraft
Janet Todd is Professor of English Literature at the University of East Anglia.
Reviews for A Vindication of the Rights of Men; A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution
... this edition does away with the idea of M. W. as Tom Paine in Skirts. Her mind is deepter and richer than his; her transmutation of the turmoil of her experiences during the revolutionary period in France is remarkable.
The Observer
The Observer