Deborah Weiss

The Female Philosopher and Her Afterlives (eBook, PDF)

Mary Wollstonecraft, the British Novel, and the Transformations of Feminism, 1796-1811

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319553634
• Artikelnr.: 53064336

Autorenporträt

Inhaltsangabe

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Introduction: The Female Philosopher.- 1.Mansions of Despair: The Wrongs of Woman and the Commonality of Experience.- 2.Passions of the Mind: The Moral Martyrdom of Emma Courtney.- 3.More of a Philosopher: Adeline Mowbray and "Every-Day Nature".- 4.Intellectual Rules: The Extraordinary Ordinary Belinda.- 5. Empirical Ethics: Sense and Sensibility and Female Philosophy.- Conclusion: The Fate of the Female Philosopher: Polwhele, More, Byron, and Beyond.- Index.-

Rezensionen

"The Female Philosopher and Her Afterlives is ... not only an intriguing piece of literary analysis, it also represents a modest but noteworthy intervention in literary history." (Laura Kirkley, European Romantic Review, Vol. 30 (4), 2019)