The Routledge Guidebook to Wollstonecraft's a Vindication of the Rights of Woman |
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Author:
| Berges, Sandrine |
Series title: | Routledge Guides to the Great Bks. |
ISBN: | 978-1-299-15681-4 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
Publisher: | Routledge
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $125.00 |
Book Description:
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Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the greatest philosophers and writers of the Eighteenth century. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book. Her most celebrated and widely-read work is A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. This Guidebook introduces:
- Wollstonecraft s life and the background to A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
- The ideas and text of A...
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Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the greatest philosophers and writers of the Eighteenth century. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book. Her most celebrated and widely-read work is A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. This Guidebook introduces:
- Wollstonecraft s life and the background to A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
- The ideas and text of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
- Wollstonecraft s enduring influence in philosophy and our contemporary intellectual life
It is ideal for anyone coming to Wollstonecraft s classic text for the first time and anyone interested in the origins of feminist thought. "