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An Analysis of Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman book cover

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An Analysis of Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

By Ruth Scobie Copyright 2017
112 Pages
by Macat Library

112 Pages
by Macat Library

98 Pages
by Macat Library
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Mary Wollstonecraft’s 1792 Vindication of the Rights of Women is an incendiary attack on the place of women in 18th-century society. Often considered to be the earliest widely-circulated work of feminism, the book is a powerful example of what can be achieved by creative thinkers – people who refuse to be bound by the standard ways of thinking, or to see things through the same lenses that... Read more

Ways In to the Text 

Who was Mary Wollstonecraft? 

What does A Vindication of the Rights of Women Say? 

Why does A Vindication of the Rights of Women  Matter? 

Section 1: Influences 

Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context 

Module 2: Academic Context 

Module 3: The Problem 

Module 4: The Author's Contribution 

Section 2: Ideas 

Module 5: Main Ideas 

Module 6: Secondary Ideas 

Module 7: Achievement 

Module 8: Place in the Author's Work 

Section 3: Impact 

Module 9: The First Responses 

Module 10: The Evolving Debate

Module 11: Impact and Influence Today 

Module 12: Where Next? 

Glossary of Terms 

People Mentioned in the Text 

Works Cited

Biography

Dr Ruth Scobie holds a PhD in English literature from the University of York. She is currently an Early Career Research Fellow at TORCH at the University of Oxford, where she specialises in the eighteenth century and the development of celebrity.

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