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Wollstonecraft: Revolution, reason, and the rights of humanity and women.

A Vindication of the Rights of Men; A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution

An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution

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    464 pages

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    10 December 2008

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Summary

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 econ…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780199555468
ISBN-10:019955546X
Author:Mary Wollstonecraft, Janet Todd
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:464
Release Date:10 December 2008
Weight:321g
Dimensions:20mm x 128mm x 198mm
Series:Oxford World's Classics
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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 by Mary Wollstonecraft - ISBN: 9780199555468
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Critics Review

`… 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

About The Author

Mary Wollstonecraft

Janet Todd is Professor of English Literature at the University of East Anglia.

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