The Cambridge Companion to Mary Wollstonecraft (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Once viewed solely in relation to the history of feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft is now recognised as a writer of formidable talent across a range of genres, including journalism, letters and travel writing. This is the first collected volume to address all aspects of Wollstonecraft's momentous and tragically brief career, paying attention not only to A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, but also to the full range of her work. A chronology and bibliography offer further essential information for scholars and students of this remarkable writer. Read more... Cover 1 Half-title 3 Series-title 5 Title 7 Copyright 8 Contents 9 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 11 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 15 MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT: A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY 17 TEXTS AND ABBREVIATIONS 23 1 Introduction 25 NOTES 29 2 Mary Wollstonecraft鈥檚 letters 31 NOTES 47 3 Mary Wollstonecraft on education 48 NOTES 63 4 Mary Wollstonecraft鈥檚 Vindications and their political tradition 66 The republican milieu 66 Sensibility in social thought 68 Natural feelings, natural rights 70 Active citizens 72 Progress 75 French failings 78 Surviving hopes 80 Influence 81 NOTES 82 5 Mary Wollstonecraft鈥檚 French Revolution 83 NOTES 103 6 Mary Wollstonecraft鈥檚 literary reviews 106 NOTES 118 7 The religious foundations of Mary Wollstonecraft鈥檚 feminism 123 NOTES 140 8 Mary Wollstonecraft and the literature of advice and instruction 143 Thoughts on the Education of Daughters 144 The Female Reader 153 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 158 NOTES 162 9 Mary Wollstonecraft鈥檚 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and the women writers of her day 165 NOTES 181 10 Mary Wollstonecraft and the poets 184 I. Wollstonecraft reading 184 II. The voices of the poets 187 III. Reading poetry, reading the poets 191 IV. The poets read Wollstonecraft 201 NOTES 209 11 Mary Wollstonecraft鈥檚 novels 213 NOTES 231 12 Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark: traveling with Mary Wollstonecraft 233 Revising travel 234 Flights of Fancy 238 Systems of motion 243 Coda 249 NOTES 250 13 Mary Wollstonecraft and the sexuality of genius 252 NOTES 267 14 Mary ollstonecraft鈥檚 reception and legacies 270 NOTES 293 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 295 Biographical Studies 295 Selected editions of letters and works 295 Books and articles about Wollstonecraft and her age 296 INDEX 301 Content: Mary Wollstonecraft's letters / Janet Todd -- Mary Wollstonecraft on education / Alan Richardson -- Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindications and their political tradition / Chris Jones -- Mary Wollstonecraft's French Revolution / Tom Furniss -- Mary Wollstonecraft's literary reviews / Mitzi Myers -- The religious foundations of Mary Wollstonecraft's feminism / Barbara Taylor -- Mary Wollstonecraft and the literature of advice and instruction / Vivien Jones -- Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Woman and the women writers of her day / Anne K. Mellor -- Mary Wollstonecraft and the poets / Susan J. Wolfson -- Mary Wollstonecraft's novels / Claudia L. Johnson -- Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark: travelling with Mary Wollstonecraft / Mary A. Favret -- Mary Wollstonecraft and the sexuality of genius / Andrew Elfenbein / Mary Wollstonecraft's reception and legacies / Cora Kaplan. Abstract: A 2002 collected volume which addresses all aspects of Wollstonecraft's momentous and tragically brief career. Read more... Once viewed solely in relation to the history of feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft is now recognised as a writer of formidable talent across a range of genres, including journalism, letters and travel writing, and is increasingly understood as an heir to eighteenth-century literary and political traditions as well as a forebear of romanticism. The Cambridge Companion to Mary Wollstonecraft is the first collected volume to address all aspects of Wollstonecraft's momentous and tragically brief career. The diverse and searching essays commissioned for this volume do justice to Wollstonecraft's pivotal importance in her own time and since, paying attention not only to A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, but also to the full range of her work across disciplinary boundaries separating philosophy, letters, education, advice, politics, history, religion, sexuality, and feminism itself. A chronology and bibliography offer further essential information for scholars and students of this remarkable writer. Once viewed solely in relation to the history of feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft is now recognised as a writer of formidable talent across a range of genres, including journalism, letters and travel writing, and is increasingly understood as an heir to eighteenth-century literary and political traditions as well as a forebear of romanticism. The Cambridge Companion to Mary Wollstonecraft addresses all aspects of Wollstonecraft's momentous and tragically brief career. The diverse and searching essays commissioned for this volume do justice to Wollstonecraft's pivotal importance in her own time and since, paying attention not only to A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, but also to the full range of her work across disciplinary boundaries separating philosophy, letters, education, advice, politics, history, religion, sexuality, and feminism itself. A chronology and bibliography offer further essential information for scholars and students of this remarkable writer.

the First Collected Volume To Address All Aspects Of Wollstonecraft's Momentous And Tragically Brief Career.

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Once viewed solely in relation to the history of feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft is now recognized as a writer of formidable talent across a range of genres, including journalism, letters and travel writing, and is increasingly understood as an heir to eighteenth-century literary and political traditions as well as a forebear of romanticism. This Companion is the first collected volume to address all aspects of Wollstonecraft's momentous and tragically brief career. The diverse and searching essays specially commissioned for this volume do justice to Wollstonecraft's pivotal importance in her own time and since, paying attention not only to A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, but to the full range of her work. A chronology and guides to further reading offer further essential information for scholars and students of this remarkable writer. This is the first collected volume to address all aspects of Mary Wollstonecraft's momentous and tragically brief career. It illuminates not only her major work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, but also the full range of her writing, and assesses her significance in her own time and since This collected volume addresses all aspects of Mary Wollstonecraft's momentous and tragically brief career. It illuminates not only her major work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, but also the full range of her writing, and assesses her significance in her own time and since. Once viewed solely in relation to the history of feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft is now recognised as a writer of formidable talent. These essays address all aspects of Wollstonecraft's momentous but tragically brief career Edited By Claudia L. Johnson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 271-276) And Index.