The Routledge Guidebook To Wollstonecraft'S A Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman Av Sandrine Berges

<P>Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the greatest philosophers and writers of the Eighteenth century. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children''s book. Her most celebrated and widely-read work is <EM>A Vindication of the Rights of Woman</EM>. This Guidebook introduces:</P><UL><LI>Wollstonecraft¿s life and the background to <EM>A Vindication of the Rights of Woman</EM></LI><LI>The ideas and text of <EM>A Vindication of the Rights of Woman</EM></LI><LI>Wollstonecraft¿s enduring influence in philosophy and our contemporary intellectual life</LI></UL><P>It is ideal for anyone coming to Wollstonecraft¿s classic text for the first time and anyone interested in the origins of feminist thought. </P>