Bibliograph

Vindication, a life of Mary Wollstonecraft, Lyndall Gordon

Type

Label

Vindication, a life of Mary Wollstonecraft, Lyndall Gordon

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-539) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Vindication

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

57475923

Responsibility statement

Lyndall Gordon

Sub title

a life of Mary Wollstonecraft

Summary

Chronicles the life and career of Mary Wallstonecraft who is considered to be the founder of modern feminism, and describes her life and work in eighteenth-century Europe

Table Of Contents

Violence at home -- 'School of adversity' -- New life at Newington -- A community of women -- A governess in Ireland -- The trials of high life -- Vindication -- Rival lives -- Into the terror -- Risks in love -- The silver ship -- Far North -- Woman's words -- 'The most fruitful experiment' -- Slanders -- Converts -- Daughters -- Generations

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