Mary and The Wrongs of Woman

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Mary Wollstonecraft Gary Kelly (Canada Research Chair at the University of Alberta)

Mary and The Wrongs of Woman

Mary Wollstonecraft, Gary Kelly (Canada Research Chair at the University of Alberta)

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Oxford University Press
26 February 2009

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Oxford World's Classics

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'I have lately written...a tale, to illustrate an opinion of mine, that a genius will educate itself.'

Mary Wollstonecraft is best known for her pioneering views on the rights of women to share equal rights and opportunities with men.

Expressed most forcefully in her Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), her forthright opinions also inform her two innovative novels, Mary and The Wrongs of Woman, a fictional sequel to the Vindication.

In both novels the heroines have to rely on their own resources to establish their independence and intellectual development.

Mary learns to take control of her destiny and become a social philanthropist, while Maria, in The Wrongs of Woman, fights imprisonment and a loveless marriage to claim her rights.

Strongly autobiographical, both novels powerfully complement Wollstonecraft's non-fictional writing, inspired by the French Revolution and the social upheavals that followed.

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By: Mary Wollstonecraft
Edited by: Gary Kelly (Canada Research Chair at the University of Alberta)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 195mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 180g
ISBN: 9780199538904
ISBN 10: 0199538905
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 26 February 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active