Title: A vindication of the rights of woman : an authoritative text, backgrounds, the Wollstonecraft debate, criticism /
Authors: Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797; Poston, Carol, 1943-
Publisher: Norton,
Year: 1988
Subjects: Wollstonecraft, Mary,; Women's rights Great Britain; Women Education Great Britain.
Abstract: This second edition offers the best in Wollstonecraft scholarship and criticism since 1976, providing the ideal means for studying the first feminist document in English.
Contents: Preface to the second edition -- Preface -- Note on the text -- Text of a vindication of the rights of woman: Backgrounds -- John Locke -- From some thoughts concerning education -- [Clothes] -- [Cruelty] / Mary Astell -- From a serious proposal to the ladies / James Burgh -- Of the peculiar management of daughters / Catharine Macaulay -- From letters on education -- Letter iv. Amusement and instruction of boys and girls to be the same -- Letter xxi. Morals must be taught on immutable principles -- Letter xxii. No characteristic difference in sex -- Letter xxiii. Coquetry / Mary Wollstonecraft -- Letter to Henry Gabell -- Ralph M. Wardle -- [Intellectual and historical background of a vindication of the rights of woman] -- Wollstonecraft debate: David Levine -- Caricature of Mary Wollstonecraft / Mary Hays -- Memoirs of Mary Wollstonecraft / Thomas Taylor -- From a vindication of the rights of brutes / William Godwin --^