| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 175 pages) |
| Series |
Enlightenment world ; no. 30 |
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Enlightenment world ; no. 30.
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| Contents |
1. A feminist republican -- 2. Liberty as independence -- 3. Experiencing unfreedom : the stories of three women -- 5. Acting morally -- 6. Revolution : the political circumstances of action and change -- 7. Liberation : economic independence and civil existence |
| Summary |
Mary Wollstonecraft is a writer whose work continues to provoke scholarly debate. But Wollstonecraft the historical figure often obscures her importance as a philosopher. Halldenius explores Wollstonecraft's political philosophy, focusing on her treatment of republicanism and independence, to propose a new way of reading her work - that of a 'feminist republican'. Wollstonecraft's works of fiction and non-fiction are analysed and the use of her own experience of a lack of freedom (the lot of an eighteenth-century woman) is examined as a valid line of philosophical enquiry and not - as others have viewed them - as a form of autobiography |
| Notes |
Originally published 2015 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-139) and index |
| Subject |
Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 -- Political and social views
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| SUBJECT |
Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 fast |
| Subject |
Republicanism in literature.
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Political and social views
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Republicanism in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315653792 |
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1315653796 |
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