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DescriptionLyndall Gordon - Vindication  Acclaimed biographer Gordon (of Charlotte Bronte, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, and Henry James) puts a new spin on the unconventional ideas and lifestyle of eighteenth-century feminist icon Mary Wollstonecraft. A woman of her time, strongly influenced by the domestic violence she witnessed as a child and by the heady political events of her day, she was able to rise above the social customs and constraints that dictated that women had limited opportunities outside the arena of marriage. Forced by necessity and desire to make her own way, she was determined to carve out a career for herself as a writer. Condemned for her lifestyle choices, which included a series of well--publicized love affairs and out-of-wedlock children, she thumbed her nose at societal conventions, advocating the sexual and political liberation of women in her landmark Vindication of the Rights of Women. Rather than a sensationalized approach to his infamous subject, Gordon opts for a more intellectually rooted approach, focusing on the impact of the American Revolution and Enlightenment thought on the philosophical development of a remarkable groundbreaker. Publisher: Harper Perennial; 1st edition (May 2, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0060957743 ISBN-13: 9780060957742 Sharing Widget |