Revolutionary Feminism: The Mind and Career of Mary Wollstonecraft

by Gary Kelly

Overview

Describing the growth of Wollstonecraft's mind and career, this acclaimed study scrutinises all her writings as experiments in revolutionising writing in terms of her revolutionary feminism. ..clearly-argued and often informative...' - Vivien Jones, British Association for Romantic Studies Bulletin and Review 'Kelly's approach demystifies Wollstonecraft's life in a most refreshing way' - Syndy McMillen Conger, Eighteenth-Century Fiction

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312129040
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/27/1995
Edition description:	1996
Pages:	249
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition - Introduction: Gender, Class and Cultural Revolution - Creating A Voice: Self, Social Conflict and Writing - ‘The First of a New Genius': Professional Life and Women's Writing - From the Rights of Man to Revolutionary Feminism - ‘A Revolution in Female Manners': A Vindication of the Rights of Woman - From Revolutionary Feminism to Revolutionary Paris - ‘A Solitary Wanderer': Revolutionary Feminist Travel - Novelising Revolutionary Feminism: Love, Marriage and the Wrongs of Woman - Index

Editorial Reviews

'..clearly-argued and often informative...' - Vivien Jones, British Association for Romantic Studies Bulletin and Review

'Kelly's approach demystifies Wollstonecraft's life in a most refreshing way' - Syndy McMillen Conger, Eighteenth-Century Fiction

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