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OverviewMary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) made a pioneering and durably influential argument for women's equality. Emerging from the turbulent decade of the French Revolution, her vindication delivered a systematic critique of the treatment of women across time and place. Drawing on extensive experience teaching and writing about Wollstonecraft, Susan J. Wolfson offers new insight into how Wollstonecraft's particular methods, style, and energy make this case for her readers. Wolfson places this polemic in its political and literary contexts and in relation to Wollstonecraft's other works about political rights. She considers how Wollstonecraft balanced advocacy for the seemingly universal ideals of the French Revolution with analysis of the gendered exclusions in the vaunted rights of ""man."" This book pays particular attention to Wollstonecraft's literary craft, highlighting the force of her close reading. Wollstonecraft pinpointed the role of gendered phrases and concepts in political discourse, both in her opponents' metaphors and received ideas and in her own efforts to craft a new political language with which to defend women's capabilities. Wolfson reveals her as a pioneer in decoupling sex from gender and shows how she provided an enduring model of how to be a female intellectual. Sharing the excitement of reading Wollstonecraft's work with care for her literary as well as political genius, this book provides fresh perspectives both for first-time readers and those seeking a nuanced appreciation of her achievements. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan J. Wolfson (Professor)Publisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press ISBN: 9780231206242ISBN 10: 0231206240 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 25 April 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsList 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 IndexReviewsWolfson provides a compelling and classroom-friendly introduction to the troubled private life, flamboyant public career, and charged political afterlife of Mary Wollstonecraft. Her writing is scintillating, with vernacular verve and unflagging narrative drive. This book has everything-point, polish, and an accessibly gripping tale to tell. -- Garrett Stewart, James O. Freedman Professor of Letters, University of Iowa This book is memorable, educational, and enjoyable, exploring Wollstonecraft's life and thought with brio and unrestrained pleasure. Wolfson's understanding of the subject is second to none-there is no one more authoritative or more learned. -- Duncan Wu, editor of <i>Romanticism: An Anthology</i> Mary Wollstonecraft helped us to understand how easily the rights of women can vanish from the political and social scene and how ‘natural’ it can seem for men and women to ignore them. This remarkable book not only situates Wollstonecraft in history but also shows in detail how she altered history by writing so well. -- Michael G. Wood, author of <i>The Habits of Distraction</i> This book is memorable, educational, and enjoyable, exploring Wollstonecraft’s life and thought with brio and unrestrained pleasure. Wolfson's understanding of the subject is second to none—there is no one more authoritative or more learned. -- Duncan Wu, editor of <i>Romanticism: An Anthology</i> Susan Wolfson’s engaged and engaging account of Mary Wollstonecraft illuminates the creative intellectual energies that drove Wollstonecraft’s prodigious achievement: nothing less than an analysis of women’s situation in the context of a larger political system. Wolfson’s exposition is dazzling. -- Frances Ferguson, author of <i>Solitude and the Sublime: The Romantic Aesthetics of Individuation</i> Wolfson provides a compelling and classroom-friendly introduction to the troubled private life, flamboyant public career, and charged political afterlife of Mary Wollstonecraft. Her writing is scintillating, with vernacular verve and unflagging narrative drive. This book has everything—point, polish, and an accessibly gripping tale to tell. -- Garrett Stewart, James O. Freedman Professor of Letters, University of Iowa An admirably witty, informative, and succinct new guide to Wollstonecraft's most famous book. -- Miranda Seymour * New York Review of Books * Wolfson provides a compelling and classroom-friendly introduction to the troubled private life, flamboyant public career, and charged political afterlife of Mary Wollstonecraft. Her writing is scintillating, with vernacular verve and unflagging narrative drive. This book has everything-point, polish, and an accessibly gripping tale to tell. -- Garrett Stewart, James O. Freedman Professor of Letters, University of Iowa This book is memorable, educational, and enjoyable, exploring Wollstonecraft's life and thought with brio and unrestrained pleasure. Wolfson's understanding of the subject is second to none-there is no one more authoritative or more learned. -- Duncan Wu, author, <i>Romanticism: An Anthology</i> Mary Wollstonecraft helped us to understand how easily the rights of women can vanish from the political and social scene and how 'natural' it can seem for men and women to ignore them. This remarkable book not only situates Wollstonecraft in history but also shows in detail how she altered history by writing so well. -- Michael G. Wood, author of <i>The Habits of Distraction</i> This book is memorable, educational, and enjoyable, exploring Wollstonecraft's life and thought with brio and unrestrained pleasure. Wolfson's understanding of the subject is second to none-there is no one more authoritative or more learned. -- Duncan Wu, editor of <i>Romanticism: An Anthology</i> Susan Wolfson's engaged and engaging account of Mary Wollstonecraft illuminates the creative intellectual energies that drove Wollstonecraft's prodigious achievement: nothing less than an analysis of women's situation in the context of a larger political system. Wolfson's exposition is dazzling. -- Frances Ferguson, author of <i>Solitude and the Sublime: The Romantic Aesthetics of Individuation</i> Wolfson provides a compelling and classroom-friendly introduction to the troubled private life, flamboyant public career, and charged political afterlife of Mary Wollstonecraft. Her writing is scintillating, with vernacular verve and unflagging narrative drive. This book has everything-point, polish, and an accessibly gripping tale to tell. -- Garrett Stewart, James O. Freedman Professor of Letters, University of Iowa Wolfson provides a compelling and classroom-friendly introduction to the troubled private life, flamboyant public career, and charged political afterlife of Mary Wollstonecraft. Her writing is scintillating, with vernacular verve and unflagging narrative drive. This book has everything-point, polish, and an accessibly gripping tale to tell. -- Garrett Stewart, James O. Freedman Professor of Letters, University of Iowa This book is memorable, educational, and enjoyable, exploring Wollstonecraft's life and thought with brio and unrestrained pleasure. Wolfson's understanding of the subject is second to none-there is no one more authoritative or more learned. -- Duncan Wu, editor of <i>Romanticism: An Anthology</i> Susan Wolfson's engaged and engaging account of Mary Wollstonecraft illuminates the creative intellectual energies that drove Wollstonecraft's prodigious achievement: nothing less than an analysis of women's situation in the context of a larger political system. Wolfson's exposition is dazzling. -- Frances Ferguson, author of <i>Solitude and the Sublime: The Romantic Aesthetics of Individuation</i> Author InformationSusan 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). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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