On Mary Wollstonecraft''s a Vindication of the Rights of Woman - The First of a New Genus

Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) made a pioneering and durably influential argument for women's equality. Drawing on extensive experience teaching and writing about Wollstonecraft, Susan J. Wolfson provides fresh perspectives both for first-time readers and those seeking a nuanced appreciation of her achievements.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
My Texts, Abbreviations, and Short Titles
Prologue: Why Mary Wollstonecraft? Why A Vindication?
1. How Mary Wollstonecraft Became “the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman”
2. Picturing Mary Wollstonecraft: The Right Woman
3. “An Amazon stept out”: A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790)
4. “Revolution in female manners”: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (1792)
5. Dystopian Nightmare: Paris, December 26, 1792
6. “Bastilled . . . for life”: The Wrongs of Woman, or Maria; a Fragment (1798)
Epilogue: “we hear her voice”
Brief Glossary of Recurring Names
Notes
Further Reading and Bibliographies
Index

About the author

Susan J. Wolfson is professor of English at Princeton University. An expert on the British Romantic era, she is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the American Council of Learned Societies. Wolfson’s recent books include A Greeting of the Spirit (2022), Romantic Shades and Shadows (2018), and Reading John Keats (2015), as well as annotated editions of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (2012) and Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey (2014).

Summary

Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) made a pioneering and durably influential argument for women’s equality. Drawing on extensive experience teaching and writing about Wollstonecraft, Susan J. Wolfson provides fresh perspectives both for first-time readers and those seeking a nuanced appreciation of her achievements.

Product details

• Authors: Susan J. Wolfson, Susan J. (Professor) Wolfson, Wolfson Susan J.
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9780231206242
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20624-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Core Knowledge
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, HISTORY / Women, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, General & world history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies: women, General and world history, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, C 1700 To C 1800, literary criticism; social science