The Female Philosopher and Her Afterlives: Mary Wollstonecraft, the British Novel, and the Transformations of Feminism, 1796-1811
Author:   Deborah Weiss
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
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Pages:   291
Publication Date:   30 August 2018
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Author:   Deborah Weiss
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783319856391


ISBN 10:   3319856391
Pages:   291
Publication Date:   30 August 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

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.- 

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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)


“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)


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Deborah Weiss is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Alabama, USA. She is a specialist in the long eighteenth century with research interests in the interconnections among gender, economics, education, and Enlightenment.  Her articles have appeared in Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Studies in Romanticism, The Journal of Eighteenth-Century Studies, and Studies in the Novel. 

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