Reading Olympe de Gouges (Hardcover)

C. Sherman

ISBN 10: 1137346450 / ISBN 13: 9781137346452

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2013

About this Item

Hardcover. Olympe de Gouges has been called illiterate, immoral, and insane while being mentioned solely for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and [the female] Citizen. This book uncovers her radical views of the self, the family, and the state and accounts for her vision of increasing female agency and decreasing the entitlements of aristocratic males. Olympe de Gouges has been called illiterate, immoral, and insane while being mentioned solely for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and [the female] Citizen. This book uncovers her radical views of the self, the family, and the state and accounts for her vision of increasing female agency and decreasing the entitlements of aristocratic males. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reading Olympe de Gouges (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137346450
• ISBN 13: 9781137346452
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Olympe de Gouges has been called illiterate, immoral, and insane while being mentioned solely for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and [the female] Citizen. This book uncovers her radical views of the self, the family, and the state and accounts for her vision of increasing female agency and decreasing the entitlements of aristocratic males.

About the Author

Carol L. Sherman is Professor of French in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.