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kobvindex_DGP9883252889
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1 Online-Ressource (160 pages)
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ISBN:
9780511732027
Serie:
Cambridge library collection. British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries
Inhalt:
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) published A Vindication of the Rights of Men anonymously in 1790. The pamphlet sold out within three weeks to great acclaim, though later editions published under her own name met with notable opprobrium. It was the first of many printed responses to Edmund Burke's conservative attacks on the French Revolution, and it marked Wollstonecraft's entry into the intellectual arena of the late eighteenth century. She attacked hereditary privilege and political conservatism, arguing for codified civil rights and political liberty. She also highlighted Burke's gendered language and criticised his silence on the plight of women. Wollstonecraft has inspired reverence and revulsion alike, for both her work and her lifestyle. Her prescience and nonconformity, however, have secured her position in the canon of distinguished eighteenth-century political thinkers. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=wollma
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781108018845
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781108018845
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511732027
Mehr zum Autor:
Wollstonecraft, Mary 1759-1797
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