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Cover; Front Matter; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Chronology of wollstonecraft's Life; Chapter (1-18); Introduction: The Betwixt and Between Life of Mary Wollstonecraft; Chapter 1 William Godwin's Memoirs of The Author of "A Vindication of The Rights of Woman" (1798): A Political ... ; Chapter 2 Mary Hays's "Memoirs of Mary Wollstonecraft" (1800): The Second of A New Genus; Chapter 3 C. Kegan Paul's Mary Wollstonecraft: Letters to Imlay, With Prefatory Memoir by C.K. Paul (1879) .. |
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Chapter 4 Elizabeth Robins Pennell's Mary Wollstonecraft (1884): A Victorian FeministChapter 5 Ralph M. Wardle's Mary Wollstonecraft: A Critical Biography (1951): Rosie-The-Riveter Wollstonecraft; Chapter 6 Eleanor Flexner's Mary Wollstonecraft (1972): The Very Insensible Wollstonecraft; Chapter 7 Claire Tomalin's The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft (1974): Wollstonecraft With Sparkle; Chapter 8 Emily Sunstein's A Different Face: The Life of Mary Wollstonecraft (1975): Not-So-Liberated Woman |
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Chapter 9 Margaret Tims's Mary Wollstonecraft: A Social Pioneer (1976): Wollstonecraft's Life: The Stuff of NovelsChapter 10 Gary Kelly's Revolutionary Feminism: The Mind And Career of Mary Wollstonecraft (1992): A Literary ... ; Chapter 11 Janet M. Todd's Mary Wollstonecraft: A Revolutionary Life (2000): The "Impudent and Imprudent" Wollstonecraft; Chapter 12 Miriam Brody's Mary Wollstonecraft: Mother of Women's Rights (2000): A Befitting Betwixt and Between ... ; Chapter 13 Diane Jacobs's Her Own Woman: The Life of Mary Wollstonecraft (2001): Never Just Her Own Woman |
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Chapter 14 Caroline Franklin's Mary Wollstonecraft: A Literary Life (2004): "The Education of an Educator"Chapter 15 Lyndall Gordon's Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft (2005): Something Old, Something New ... ; Chapter 16 Julie A. Carlson's England's First Family: Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Mary Shelley (2007) ... ; Chapter 17 Andrew Cayton's Love in The Time of Revolution: Transatlantic Literary Radicalism and Historical Change ... ; Chapter 18 Charlotte Gordon's Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter ... ; End Matter; Epilogue; Notes |
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Introduction1. William Godwin; 2. Mary Hays; 3. C. Kegan Paul; 4. Elizabeth Robins Pennell; 5. Ralph M. Wardle; 6. Eleanor Flexner; 7. Claire Tomalin; 8. Emily Sunstein; 9. Margaret Tims; 10. Gary Kelly; 11. Janet M. Todd; 12. Miriam Brody; 13. Diane Jacobs; 14. Caroline Franklin; 15. Lyndall Gordon; 16. Julie A. Carlson; 17. Andrew Cayton; 18. Charlotte Gordon; Bibliography; Index |
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"This manuscript is an investigation of the biographical corpus on Mary Wollstonecraft. It identifies the biases, contradictions, errors, ambiguities and gaps that have run rampant, many of them incomprehensively left unchecked and perpetuated from publication to publication. It also analyzes how these flaws have subsequently and significantly distorted scholars' understanding of Wollstonecraft and her works. Since there has been so much written on this controversial and politically charged figure, the study is substantial, investigating the agenda, problems and strengths of each of eighteen critical biographies beginning with 'Godwin's Memoirs' in 1798 and ending with 'Charlotte Gordon's Romantic Outlaws' (2015). Ten lesser known biographies are briefly treated as well. Synthesizing the biographies and exposing the contradictions, 'Betwixt and Between the Biographies of Mary Wollstonecraft' fills in the gaps, supplying considerable information on Wollstonecraft that has never been published before."-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797
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Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 fast |
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Wollstonecraft, Mary 1759-1797 gnd |
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Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography
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Authors, English -- Biography -- History and criticism.
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Biography as a literary form.
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Biographers -- Great Britain
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Women and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century
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Feminism and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century
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Biography.
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Biographies as Topic
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biographies (literary works)
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biography (general genre)
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Feminist.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Authors, English
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Authors, English -- Biography
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Biographers
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Biography as a literary form
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Feminism and literature
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Women and literature
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Rezeption
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Biografie
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England
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Great Britain
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Biographies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781783086856 |
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1783086858 |
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9781783086863 |
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1783086866 |
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