The Routledge Guidebook to Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (The Routledge Guides to the Great Books)

by Sandrine Berges

Anthony Gottlieb

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Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the greatest philosophers and writers of the Eighteenth century. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book. Her most celebrated and widely-read work is A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. This Guidebook introduces:

  • Wollstonecraft's life and the background to A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
  • The ideas and text of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
  • Wollstonecraft's enduring influence in philosophy and our contemporary intellectual life

It is ideal for anyone coming to Wollstonecraft's classic text for the first time and anyone interested in the origins of feminist thought.

  • ISBN10 0415674158
  • ISBN13 9780415674157
  • Publish Date 31 January 2013 (first published 1 January 2013)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 208
  • Language English