Reading Olympe de Gouges [electronic resource] /
Sherman, C.author.
Olympe de Gouges has been called illiterate, immoral, and insane while being mentioned solely for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and [the female] Citizen. This book uncovers her radical views of the self, the family, and the state and accounts for her vision of increasing female agency and decreasing the entitlements of aristocratic males.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Reception -- The Drama of Rhetoric -- The Rhetoric of Drama -- Conclusion.
Olympe de Gouges has been called illiterate, immoral, and insane while being mentioned solely for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and [the female] Citizen. This book uncovers her radical views of the self, the family, and the state and accounts for her vision of increasing female agency and decreasing the entitlements of aristocratic males.
Gouges, Olympe de, 1748-1793
Gouges, Olympe de, 1748-1793
France—History.
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