| Maria: Or, the Wrongs of Woman Contributor(s): Wollstonecraft, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393311694 ISBN-13: 9780393311693 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1994 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.48" W x 8.31" (0.33 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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| Publisher Description: 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. Left uncompleted at Wollstonecraft's early death, Maria remains a powerful work of propaganda, a unique picture of women's status in eighteenth-century England. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wollstonecraft, Mary: - 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. |