The Vindications (Alma Classics): Annotated Edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and A Vindication of the Rights of Men - Softcover

Mary Wollstonecraft

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847498124 ISBN 13: 9781847498120

Publisher: Alma Classics, 2020

Synopsis

Written as a passionate riposte to Talleyrand's report to the French National Assembly, in which he declared that women needed only a domestic education, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the traditional view of decorative femininity and deplored the educational restrictions and the 'mistaken notions of female excellence'; that degraded women and kept them in a state of 'slavish dependence'. Indeed, independence, 'the grand blessing of life', was at the heart of Wollstonecraft's philosophy, and it is a mark of the profound influence of her words that Virginia Woolf, writing almost a century and a half later, could state that 'her originality has become our commonplace'. As a companion piece, this volume also includes A Vindication of the Rights of Men - an earlier influential pamphlet advocating republicanism and social equality. The two Vindications, taken together, showcase Wollstonecraft's rhetorical talents, as well as her brilliance and depth of thought as an anti-establishment polemist and social reformer.

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About the Author

Mary Wollstonecraft was married to William Godwin and was the mother of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. She was a writer, philosopher and an advocate of women's rights.

From the Back Cover

Written as a passionate riposte to Talleyrand's report to the French National Assembly, in which he declared that women needed only a domestic education, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the traditional view of decorative femininity and deplored the educational restrictions and the 'mistaken notions of female excellence'; that degraded women and kept them in a state of 'slavish dependence'. Indeed, independence, 'the grand blessing of life', was at the heart of Wollstonecraft's philosophy, and it is a mark of the profound influence of her words that Virginia Woolf, writing almost a century and a half later, could state that 'her originality has become our commonplace'. As a companion piece, this volume also includes A Vindication of the Rights of Men - an earlier influential pamphlet advocating republicanism and social equality. The two Vindications, taken together, showcase Wollstonecraft's rhetorical talents, as well as her brilliance and depth of thought as an anti-establishment polemist and social reformer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alma Classics
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847498124
• ISBN 13: 9781847498120
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300