{"product_id":"memoirs-of-the-author-of-a-vindication-of-the-rights-of-woman-9781551112596","title":"Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Godwin’s memoir of his wife, Mary Wollstonecraft, marks a transition in Godwin’s philosophical development from extreme rationalism to the recognition of the moral importance of feeling and sympathy which was to energize his later writings. \u003cem\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/em\u003e also belongs to a tradition of biographical writing that sought to transform the consciousness of readers by using individual history as an agent of historical change. Written during the weeks following Wollstonecraft’s early death, \u003cem\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/em\u003e provides an interpretation of the relations between Wollstonecraft’s writings and her personal history, a candid account of her various relationships, and a vindication of her egalitarian intimacy with Godwin. This modern, scholarly edition, geared for student use, includes a wide range of primary sources, together with excerpts from Godwin’s other writings and from biographical models.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“William Godwin’s 1798 \u003cem\u003eMemoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman\u003c\/em\u003e reflects Wollstonecraft’s and Godwin’s agendas for societal progress as well as the story of an era. Unfortunately, Godwin’s candid narrative of Wollstonecraft’s passions—for men, for women’s rights, for political reform—fueled attacks by enemies and embarrassment in friends. As a result, this significant historical and literary work has been relatively unavailable since its initial publication. Clemit’s and Walker’s excellent introduction, full annotations and appendices of contextual materials detail the book’s history, and situate it in terms of literature, feminism, politics, biography and publishing history, making this new edition of Memoirs especially welcome.” — Betty T. Bennett, editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Selected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pamela Clemit is a renowned Godwin scholar, and she and co-editor Gina Luria Walker significantly redirect attention from the \u003cem\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/em\u003e as a perversely prejudicial document in the reception of Wollstonecraft’s work to a central document within Godwin’s oeuvre and a key text for redefining notions of Romantic historiography.” — Wil Verhoeven, University of Groningen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Godwin: A Brief Chronology\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Text\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMemoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Biographical Models\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Rousseau’s \u003cem\u003eThe Confessions\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Boswell’s \u003cem\u003eLife of Johnson\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Madame Roland’s \u003cem\u003eAn Appeal to Impartial Posterity\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Works by Godwin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eAn Enquiry concerning Political Justice\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe Enquirer\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom “Essay of History and Romance”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix C: Letters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Wollstonecraft, \u003cem\u003eLetters to Imlay\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eGodwin \u0026amp; Mary: Letters of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetters Transcribed from the Abinger Manuscripts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix D: Critical Reaction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContemporary Reviews\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eAnalytical Review\u003c\/em\u003e 27 (March 1798)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eAnti-Jacobin Review\u003c\/em\u003e 1 (July 1798)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eMonthly Review\u003c\/em\u003e 27 (Nov. 1798)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eNew Annual Register for 1798\u003c\/em\u003e (1799)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eLady’s Monitor\u003c\/em\u003e 1, No. 17 (Dec. 1801)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOther Responses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Anna Seward, \u003cem\u003eLetters of Anna Seward\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom [Richard Polwhele], \u003cem\u003eThe Unsex’d Females\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom [Mary Hays], “Memoirs of Mary Wollstonecraft,” \u003cem\u003eAnnual Necrology for 1797-8\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom [John Fenwick], “Mr. Godwin,” \u003cem\u003ePublic Characters of 1799-1800\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom [C. Kirkpatrick Sharpe], “The Vision of Liberty”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnon., “Ode to the Memory of Mary Wollstonecraft”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Amelia Opie, \u003cem\u003eAdeline Mowbray\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Virginia Woolf, “Four Figures,” \u003cem\u003eThe Common Reader\u003c\/em\u003e, 2nd Series\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Whale, “Elegy: for Mary Wollstonecraft”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix E: Variants in the Second Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041303429463,"sku":"9781551112596","price":26.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/memoirs-of-the-author-of-a-vindication-of-the-rights-of-woman-9781551112596","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}