Portraits of Wollstonecraft

Portraits of Wollstonecraft is a groundbreaking book that explores Mary Wollstonecraft's international reception and her lasting impact on human rights debates. It includes over 100 responses to her life and work from the late 18th century to the early 21st century, challenging the myth that she ceased to be read after her husband's scandalous posthumous Memoirs. Volume I traces her emergence as an international public figure of women's rights, while Volume II focuses on her posthumous philosophical, literary, and artistic reception. It features forgotten accounts and images of Wollstonecraft, as well as pieces by major thinkers from across the history of philosophy, and 31 annotated illustrations showing her development into a feminist icon.

Format: Mixed media product
Publication date: 20 May 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Mary Wollstonecraft's groundbreaking contributions to the study of women's human rights and her global impact on Western and non-Western intellectuals have ensured her enduring influence on contemporary human rights debates worldwide. Portraits of Wollstonecraft, a comprehensive collection of over 100 responses to her life and work, explores her international and cross-cultural reception from the late 18th century to the early 21st century. This book challenges the persistent belief that her ideas were disregarded after the publication of her husband William Godwin's controversial Memoirs in 1798. Volume I chronicles Wollstonecraft's rise as a prominent international figure in women's rights, highlighting her life, work, and reception across Britain, Ireland, Continental Europe, North and South America, and the British Empire's former colonies. Volume II delves into Wollstonecraft's posthumous philosophical, literary, and artistic reception, particularly within modern feminist movements. It includes responses from China, Japan, and South Korea, as well as writings by notable figures such as Mary Shelley, Emma Goldman, Ruth Benedict, Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friedan, Susan Moller Okin, Barbara Johnson, Martha Nussbaum, and Amartya Sen, who discuss her theories of virtue, love, gender, education, and rights. Portraits of Wollstonecraft brings to light numerous forgotten accounts and images of Wollstonecraft, offering valuable insights into her life and legacy.

Weight: 1506g
Dimension: 163 x 243 x 47 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350035881