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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

A Norton Critical Edition
By Mary Wollstonecraft
Series: Norton Critical Editions
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft is a seminal work advocating for women’s education and equality. The book argues that women should be seen as rational beings deserving of the same rights and opportunities as men, challenging the societal norms of the 18th century. Wollstonecraft critiques the perception of women as inferior and promotes the idea that education can empower them to contribute meaningfully to society.
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If you're interested in early feminist philosophy and the challenges to societal norms in the 18th century, you may enjoy this pioneering exploration of women's rights and education. This powerful work offers a compelling argument for gender equality and continues to inspire discussions on women's place in society today.

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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Arguably the most original book of the eighteenth century, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is a pioneering feminist work.

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Written during a time of great political turmoil, social anxiety, and against the backdrop of the French Revolution, Wollstonecraft's argument continues to challenge and inspire. This revised and expanded Third Edition is based on the 1792 second-edition text and is accompanied by revised and expanded explanatory annotations.

Backgrounds and Contexts is significantly expanded and contains twenty-four works organized thematically into these groupings: "Legacies of English Radicalism," "Education," "Wollstonecraft's Revolutionary Moment," and "The Wollstonecraft Debate." Opinions on a variety of reforms that may be compared and contrasted with Wollstonecraft's include those by John Milton, John Locke, Mary Astell, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Hannah More, Richard Price, Edmund Burke, Maria Edgeworth, and William Godwin, among others.

Criticism includes six seminal essays on A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Elissa S. Guralnick, Mitzi Myers, Cora Kaplan, Mary Poovey, Claudia L. Johnson, and Barbara Taylor.

A Chronology of Wollstonecraft's life and work and a Selected Bibliography are also included.

Series: Norton Critical Editions

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393929744

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 July 2009

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Edition: Third Edition

Contributors:

  • Edited by Deidre Shauna Lynch

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 350g

Pages: 416

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Education & Reference Mary Wollstonecraft Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Series: Norton Critical Editions

About the Author

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) first achieved fame for her A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), in which she extended the radical idea of the "rights of man" to women and laid the groundwork for modern feminism. Deidre Shauna Lynch (Ph.D. Stanford), The Romantic Period, is Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature and Professor of English at Harvard University. Her books include Loving Literature: A Cultural History, the prize-winningΒ The Economy of Character, and (as co-editor)Β Janeites: Austen’s Disciples and DevoteesΒ andΒ Cultural Institutions of the Novel. She has edited Jane Austen's Mansfield Park and Persuasion and the Norton Critical Edition of Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Humanities Center and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and has won multiple teaching awards.

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