Maria: Or, the Wrongs of Woman (Norton Library, N761) - Softcover

Wollstonecraft, Mary

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9780393007619: Maria: Or, the Wrongs of Woman (Norton Library, N761)

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ISBN 10: 0393007618 ISBN 13: 9780393007619

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, 1975

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Her story of a woman incarcerated in a madhouse by her abusive husband dramatizes the effect of the English marriage laws, which made women virtually the property of their husbands.

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In 'Maria, ' Wollstonecraft pursues in fictional form themes set forth in 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.' Her story of a woman incarcerated in a madhouse by her abusive husband dramatizes the effect of the English marriage laws, which made women virtually the property of their husbands.

About the Author:

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) first achieved fame for her A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), in which she extended the radical idea of the "rights of man" to women and laid the groundwork for modern feminism.

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