A Vindication of the Rights of Men, in a Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Occasioned by his Reflections on the Revol

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title A Vindication of the Rights of Men, in a Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Occasioned by his Reflections on the Revol
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mary Wollstonecraft
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreLiterary studies - general
ISBN/Barcode 9781108018845
ClassificationsDewey:323
Audience
Further/Higher Education
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 28 October 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) published A Vindication of the Rights of Men anonymously in 1790. The pamphlet sold out within three weeks to great acclaim, though later editions published under her own name met with notable opprobrium. It was the first of many printed responses to Edmund Burke's conservative attacks on the French Revolution, and it marked Wollstonecraft's entry into the intellectual arena of the late eighteenth century. She attacked hereditary privilege and political conservatism, arguing for codified civil rights and political liberty. She also highlighted Burke's gendered language and criticised his silence on the plight of women. Wollstonecraft has inspired reverence and revulsion alike, for both her work and her lifestyle. Her prescience and nonconformity, however, have secured her position in the canon of distinguished eighteenth-century political thinkers. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=wollma