Political Writings: A Vindication of the Rights of Men : A Vindication of the Rights of Woman : An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolutio - Softcover

Wollstonecraft, Mary

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Synopsis


A major figure in her time and of wide-ranging influence and study today, Mary Wollstonecraft's three major political writings are brought together for the first time in the the order that they appeared in the 1790s. From her growing awareness of the relationship between politics and economics to that between institutions and individuals, this edition illustrates the development of Wollstonecraft's political thought and personal beliefs, and illuminates the depth of her political writing as never before.

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

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`... 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

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