Wollstonecraft, Mary 1759-1797

Vindication of the rights of woman with strictures on political and moral subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft ( Book )
433 editions published between 1742 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 9,804 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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

Mary, a fiction and the wrongs of woman by Mary Wollstonecraft ( Book )
43 editions published between 1976 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,350 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mary Wollstonecraft is best known for her pioneering views on the rights of women to share equal rights and opportunities with men. They are expressed here in two novels in which heroines have to rely on their own resources to establish their independence and intellectual development. Strongly autobiographical, both novels powerfully complement Wollstonecraft's non-fictional writing, inspired by the French Revolution and the social upheavals that followed. New to this edition is a completely rewritten introduction that incorporates the latest scholarship and features a consideration of the social formation of Wollstonecraft as a Revolutionary feminist and her literary-political career, as well as a critical account of the two novels. A new bibliography includes all the latest critical writing on Wollstonecraft, while heavily revised notes link her fiction to her extensive reading, her other writings and major events and issues of the day. In addition, the text has been completely reset, making it easier on the eyes. It is by far the highest quality edition available, and a great choice for readers interested in pre-Victorian literature and feminist history. - Publisher

Original stories, from real life with conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind to truth and goodness by Mary Wollstonecraft ( )
107 editions published between 1788 and 2010 in English and held by 1,315 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Wollstonecraft anthology by Mary Wollstonecraft ( Book )
14 editions published between 1977 and 1990 in English and held by 1,028 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mary Wollstonecraft is widely recognized as a social and political thinker of major significance and as one of the most important and influential of the early feminists. Some of her works, such as "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman," have become central texts of feminist thought. Written in the eighteenth century, her social commentary challenged the other eminent thinkers of the day, including Edmund Burke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and confronted the major events of the period, such as the French Revolution. Wollstonecraft was a persuasive writer and thinker who never felt compelled to separate her female experience from her writing. -- Back cover

Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark by Mary Wollstonecraft ( Book )
87 editions published between 1769 and 2009 in English and held by 1,012 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This engaging volume was pioneering feminist Mary Wollstonecraft's most popular book during her lifetime. Difficult to categorize, it is both an arresting travel book and a moving exploration of her personal and political selves. Wollstonecraft set out for Scandinavia just two weeks after her first suicide attempt, on a mission from the lover whose affections she doubted, to recover his silver on a ship that had gone missing. With her baby daughter and a nursemaid, she traveled across the dramatic landscape and wrote sublime descriptions of the natural world, and the events and people she encountered. Fascinating appendices include Imlay's commission to recover his lost silver, Wollstonecraft's recently discovered letter to the Danish Prime Minister asking for assistance, the private letters she wrote to Imlay during her travels in Scandinavia, a chapter from Godwin's memoir of Wollstonecraft, and a selection of contemporary reviews

Collected letters of Mary Wollstonecraft by Mary Wollstonecraft ( Book )
17 editions published between 1979 and 2004 in English and held by 843 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the most distinctive letter writers of the eighteenth century. She talked and thought on paper: her letters were a large part of the drama of her life. In them we see her grow from an awkward child of fourteen into the pioneering feminist and author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, and finally into the woman of thirty-eight facing death in childbirth." "This edition contains the complete correspondence of Mary Wollstonecraft, including a recently discovered interchange with the historian Catherine Macaulay and the only known fragments of letters to the Swiss artist Fuseli, with whom Wollstonecraft had a passionate friendship."--BOOK JACKET

Godwin & Mary; letters of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft by William Godwin ( Book )
31 editions published between 1966 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 794 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Elements of morality for the use of children : with an introductory address to parents. by Christian Gotthilf Salzmann ( Book )
63 editions published between 1791 and 1817 in English and Undetermined and held by 794 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thoughts on the education of daughters, with reflections on female conduct in the more important duties of life by Mary Wollstonecraft ( Book )
55 editions published between 1787 and 2005 in English and held by 771 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Wollstonecraft decries the poor education society allows women and makes a strong plea for education for women in domestic and academic areas

An historical and moral view of the origin and progress of the French Revolution and the effect it has produced in Europe by Mary Wollstonecraft ( Book )
53 editions published between 1794 and 1975 in English and Undetermined and held by 734 WorldCat member libraries worldwide