The Cambridge companion to Mary Wollstonecraft / edited by Claudia L. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Claudia L.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797--Criticism and interpretation.

Wollstonecraft, Mary.

Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797.

Feminism and literature--England--History--18th century.

Feminism and literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

England.

History.

Women and literature--England--History--18th century.

Women and literature.

Local Subjects:

Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xxi, 284 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Summary:

The first collected volume to address all aspects of Wollstonecraft's momentous and tragically brief career.

Contents:

2 Mary Wollstonecraft's letters / Janet Todd 7

3 Mary Wollstonecraft on education / Alan Richardson 24

4 Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindications and their political tradition / Chris Jones 42

5 Mary Wollstonecraft's French Revolution / Tom Furniss 59

6 Mary Wollstonecraft's literary reviews / Mitzi Myers 82

7 The religious foundations of Mary Wollstonecraft's feminism / Barbara Taylor 99

8 Mary Wollstonecraft and the literature of advice and instruction / Vivien Jones 119

9 Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and the women writers of her day / Anne K. Mellor 141

10 Mary Wollstonecraft and the poets / Susan J. Wolfson 160

11 Mary Wollstonecraft's novels / Claudia L. Johnson 189

12 Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark: traveling with Mary Wollstonecraft / Mary A. Favret 209

13 Mary Wollstonecraft and the sexuality of genius / Andrew Elfenbein 228

14 Mary Wollstonecraft's reception and legacies / Cora Kaplan 246.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-276) and index.

ISBN:

0521783437

0521789524

OCLC:

48100591