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Female Philosopher and Her Afterlives

Mary Wollstonecraft, the British Novel, and the Transformations of Feminism, 1796-1811

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvDeborah Weiss

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This book argues that the female philosopher, a literary figure brought into existence by Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, embodied the transformations of feminist thought during the transition from the Enlightenment to the Romantic period.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-08-30
Mått148 x 210 x 17 mm
Vikt396 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePalgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print
Antal sidor291
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319856391

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Deborah Weiss is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Alabama, USA. She is a specialist in the long eighteenth century with research interests in the interconnections among gender, economics, education, and Enlightenment. Her articles have appeared in Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Studies in Romanticism, The Journal of Eighteenth-Century Studies, and Studies in the Novel.

Introduction: The Female Philosopher.- 1.Mansions of Despair: The Wrongs of Woman and the Commonality of Experience.- 2.Passions of the Mind: The Moral Martyrdom of Emma Courtney.- 3.More of a Philosopher: Adeline Mowbray and “Every-Day Nature”.- 4.Intellectual Rules: The Extraordinary Ordinary Belinda.- 5. Empirical Ethics: Sense and Sensibility and Female Philosophy.- Conclusion: The Fate of the Female Philosopher: Polwhele, More, Byron, and Beyond.- Index.-