Mary Wollstonecraft

La obra que puso las bases del feminismo moderno. En 1792, en una época en la que la exigencia de los derechos del hombre estaba a la orden del día y que había llevado a Francia y América a la revolucion, Mary Wollstonecraft escribio su propia declaracion de la independencia de las mujeres. Esta obra, escrita con pasion y una voz firme y directa, se rebela contra el ideal docil, dulce y casi decorativo de la feminidad. Asimismo expone los principios de la emancipacion que consisten, fundamentalmente, en la igualdad en la educacion de las niñas y los niños, en acabar con los prejuicios y en el sueño de que las mujeres puedan definirse por su profesion y no por su compañero. Duramente criticada pero tambien admirada por muchos, Mary Wollstonecraft esta considerada la madre del feminismo moderno.

«¿Por qué no nací hombre? O simplemente, ¿por qué nací?». María es explotada por su marido, que se casa con ella por el dinero de su familia, intenta prostituirla entre sus amigos y acaba internándol

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La vida de Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) marcó claramente la vocación de sus textos y el mérito de una escritura desafiante con el espacio entonces negado a las mujeres. El contexto de la Revolución francesa y sus circunstancias personales la convirtieron en una fascinante excepcion del pensamiento de la epoca. Vindicacion de los derechos de la mujer aborda la inclusion de la mujer en los principios universales de la Ilustracion, asi como la aplicacion del principio de igualdad, la educacion y la emancipacion de los prejuicios. La distancia que separa el tiempo de May Wollstonecraft del presente tan solo cambia el modo de formular las preguntas, pero no el fondo de las mismas. Esta obra constituye uno de los pilares fundamentales de la teoria feminista contemporanea.

La obra que cambio el mundo y puso las bases del feminismo moderno. Prólogo de Nuria Varela, primera directora de gabinete del Ministerio de Igualdad Traducción de Marta Lois González A lo largo de la historia, algunos libros han cambiado el mundo. Han transformado la manera en que nos vemos a nosotros mismos y a los demas. Han inspirado el debate, la discordia, la guerra y la revolucion. Han iluminado, indignado, provocado y consolado. Han enriquecido vidas, y tambien las han destruido. Taurus publica las obras de los grandes pensadores, pioneros, radicales y visionarios cuyas ideas sacudieron la civilizacion y nos impulsaron a ser quienes somos. Esta apasionada declaracion de independencia de la mujer escrita por Mary Wollstonecraft hizo añicos el estereotipo de la dama docil y ornamental, anticipando una nueva era de igualdad y consagrando a su autora como fundadora del feminismo moderno.Comentarios sobre la coleccion Great Ideas:De veras que la edicion es primorosa y pocas veces contenido y continente pueden encontrarse mejor ensamblados y unidos. ¡Que portadas! Para enmarcar. [...] Ante las Great Ideas, solo cabe quitarse el sombrero. ¡Chapeau!ABC Taurus propone un doble envite con este lanzamiento. Por un lado aumenta su compromiso con el ensayo; por otro, recupera el gusto por la estetica. A los volumenes se les ha proporcionado una portada delicada y cuidada (copian el original britanico) que invita a la lectura.La Razon Un fenomeno editorial.The Guardian Aparte de los contenidos, en general muy bien elegidos, son tan bonitos que si los ven seguro que cae alguno.El PaisIdeas revolucionarias, cronicas de exploraciones, pensamientos radicales vuelven a la vida en estas cuidadisimas ediciones, muy atractivas para nuevos lectores.Mujer Hoy Grandes ideas bien envueltas. De Ciceron a Darwin, esta coleccion entra por los ojos.Rolling Stone Original y bella iniciativa la emprendida por Taurus con su coleccion Great Ideas.Cambio 16Hay libros inmortales, libros unicos que contienen pensamientos y reflexiones capaces de cambiar el mundo, tesoros en miniatura reagrupados en la coleccion Great ideas.Diario de Leon

Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman is the 18th-century British feminist Mary Wollstonecrafts unfinished novelistic sequel to her revolutionary political treatise A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). The Wrongs of Woman was published posthumously in 1798 by her husband, William Godwin, and is often considered her most radical feminist work. Wollstonecrafts philosophical and gothic novel revolves around the story of woman imprisoned in an insane asylum by her husband. It focuses on the societal rather than the individual "wrongs of woman" and criticizes what Wollstonecraft viewed as the patriarchal institution of marriage in eighteenth-century Britain and the legal system that protected it. However, the heroines inability to relinquish her romantic fantasies also reveals womens collusion in their oppression through false and damaging sentimentalism. The novel pioneered the celebration of female sexuality and cross-class identification between women. Such themes, coupled with the publication of Godwins scandalous Memoirs of Wollstonecrafts life, made the novel unpopular at the time it was published.

Mary: A Fiction is a novel by 18th-century British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. It tells the tragic story of a females successive "romantic friendships" with a woman and a man. Inspired by Jean-Jacques Rousseaus idea that geniuses teach themselves, Wollstonecraft chose a rational, self-taught heroine, Mary, as the protagonist. Helping to redefine genius, a word which at the end of the 18th century was only beginning to take on its modern meaning of exceptional or brilliant, Wollstonecraft describes Mary as independent and capable of defining femininity and marriage for herself. According to Wollstonecraft, it is Marys "strong, original opinions" and her resistance to "conventional wisdom" that mark her as a genius. Making her heroine a genius allowed Wollstonecraft to criticize marriage as well, as she felt geniuses were "enchained" rather than enriched by marriage. Through this heroine Wollstonecraft also critiques 18th-century sensibility and its effects on women. Mary rewrites the traditional romance plot through its reimagination of gender relations and female sexuality.

This carefully crafted ebook: "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (a feminist literature classic)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Mary Wollstonecraft (27 April 1759 10 September 1797) was an eighteenth-century British writer, philosopher, and advocate of womens rights. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a childrens book. Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), in which she argues that women are not naturally inferior to men, but appear to be only because they lack education. She suggests that both men and women should be treated as rational beings and imagines a social order founded on reason.

In "Thoughts on the Education of Daughters," Mary Wollstonecraft presents a compelling critique of the contemporary education system for women, advocating for a rational and philosophical foundation in their learning. Written in 1787, this seminal work employs a clear, impassioned prose style that reflects Enlightenment ideals while challenging the subjugation of women through inadequate educational practices. Wollstonecraft posits that a well-rounded education is crucial not just for womens personal development but also for their ability to contribute meaningfully to society. Her arguments anticipate later feminist thought, intertwining notions of ethics, self-discipline, and the moral role of women in the family and society at large. Wollstonecrafts dedication to womens rights and education was informed by her own experiences as a governess and her observations of the societal limitations imposed on women. As a pioneering figure in feminist philosophy, her works often reflect a deep personal conviction about the benefits of education and rationality. Her life experiences, including her struggles against poverty and the constraints imposed by her gender, shaped her passionate appeal for change. I highly recommend "Thoughts on the Education of Daughters" to anyone interested in early feminist literature or the evolution of educational theory. This text not only sheds light on the historical context of womens education but also challenges readers to reconsider the legacies of inequality that persist today, making it a thought-provoking and essential read.In this enriched edition, we have carefully created added value for your reading experience:- A succinct Introduction situates the works timeless appeal and themes.- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the eras events and influences that shaped the writing.- An Author Biography reveals milestones in the authors life, illuminating the personal insights behind the text.- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the works messages, connecting them to modern life.- Handpicked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.

This volume brings together the major political writings of Mary Wollstonecraft in the order in which they appeared in the revolutionary 1790s. It traces her passionate and indignant response to the excitement of the early days of the French Revolution and then her uneasiness at its later bloody phase. It reveals her developing understanding of women''s involvement in the political and social life of the nation and her growing awareness of the relationship between politics and economics and between political institutions and the individual. In personal terms, the works show her struggling with a belief in the perfectibility of human nature through rational education, a doctrine that became weaker under the onslaught of her own miserable experience and the revolutionary massacres. Janet Todd''s introduction illuminates the progress of Wollstonecraft''s thought, showing that a reading of all three works allows her to emerge as a more substantial political writer than a study of The Rights of Woman alone can reveal. `... this edition does away with the idea of M. W. as Tom Paine in Skirts. Her mind is deepter and richer than his; her transmutation of the turmoil of her experiences during the revolutionary period in France is remarkable.'' The Observer

No feminism or feminist philosophy without "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman". Wollstonecraft argues not only that women ought to have the education of a woman should fit her position and role in society, but also that they are human beings and thus deserve the same fundamental rights as men.

The pamphlet consists of a number of short treatises, indicating certain laws and principles which Mary thought needed to be more generally understood and more rmly established. Many passages show that as early as 1787 she had seriously considered the problems which, in 1791, she attempted to solve. She was even then perplexed by the unfortunate situation of women of the upper classes who, having received but the pretence of an education, eventually become dependent on their own exertions. Her sad experience probably led her to these thoughts. Reection upon them made her the champion of her sex.

This book was written while Wollstonecrafts experience as school-mistress and governess was still fresh in her memory. As she explained in the preface, her object was to make up, in some measure, for the defective education or moral training which, as a rule, children in those days received from their parents. In addressing a youthful audience, Mary was as deeply inspired by her love of goodness, per se, and her detestation of conventional conceptions of virtue, as she was afterwards in appealing to older readers. She represents, in her book, two little girls, aged respectively twelve and fourteen, who have been sadly neglected during their early years, but fall, fortunately, at this period of their life, under the care of a Mrs. Mason, who at once undertakes to form their character and train their intellect.

Like every word she wrote, Wollstonecrafts letters are full of personal revelations and wise thoughts. They are doubly interesting because can trace the intimate thought which lay beneath the public statement. One could pick out of this book enough epigrams to make a motto calendar. "Men with common minds seldom break through general rules. Prudence is ever the resort of weakness.""There is always a mixture of sentiment and imagination in voluptuousness " might have been written as a partial apology for the wayward Imlay. She relates her interview with the Prime Minister of Denmark, and sums him up as being "more anxious not to do wrong than to do good."

"Mary, A Fiction" is the only complete novel that Mary Wollstonecraft has ever written. She tells the tragic story of a heroines successive "romantic friendships" with a woman and a man. "Emile", Jean-Jacques Rousseaus philosophical treatise on education, was one of the major literary influences on this book.

In 1790 came that "extraordinary outburst of passionate intelligence," Mary Wollstonecrafts reply to Edmund Burkes attack on the principles of the French Revolution entitled a "Vindication of the Rights of Men." In this pamphlet she held up to scorn Burkes defence of monarch and nobility, his merciless sentimentality. "It is one of the most dashing political polemics in the language," Mr. Taylor writes enthusiastically, "and has not had the attention it deserves. . . . For sheer virility and grip of her verbal instruments it is probably the finest of her works. Some of her sentences have the quality of a sword-edge, and they flash with the rapidity of a practised duellist. It was written at a white heat of indignation; yet it is altogether typical of the writer that, in the midst of the work, quite suddenly, she had one of her fits of callousness and morbid temper, and declared she would not go on. With great skill Johnson persuaded her to take it up again; and with equal suddenness her eagerness returned, and the book was finished and published before any one else could answer Burke."

"Maria, or The Wrongs of Woman" is an unfinished novelistic sequel to her revolutionary political treatise "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman". The book is widely considered to be her most radical feminist work. "Maria" is a philosophical as well as a gothic novel that revolves around the story of a woman imprisoned in an insane asylum by her husband.

In her groundbreaking novel, "Mary: A Fiction," Mary Wollstonecraft deftly intertwines themes of gender, individuality, and societal expectation against the backdrop of 18th-century English literature. The narrative follows Mary, a woman struggling to forge her identity in a world that imposes rigid constraints upon her. Wollstonecraft employs an introspective and poignant literary style that utilizes first-person narration to provide deep psychological insight into the protagonists thoughts and feelings, while also critiquing the social norms of her time. This semi-autobiographical work delves into the philosophical ideals of the Enlightenment, reflecting the authors preoccupation with rationalism and the quest for personal liberty. Wollstonecraft, a pivotal figure in feminist literary history, wrote "Mary" during a period of intense personal and intellectual upheaval. Her own experiences as a governess, her radical ideas about education and womens rights, and her tumultuous relationships informed this poignant narrative. In fact, Wollstonecrafts advocacy for womens emancipation and her lived experiences serve as catalysts that fuel the novels exploration of the constraints placed upon women by society. "Mary: A Fiction" is an essential read for anyone interested in feminist literature and the early formation of modern thought on gender. Wollstonecrafts eloquent prose and profound insights challenge the reader to consider the implications of autonomy and identity, offering an engaging examination of the struggle for selfhood. This work remains a significant touchstone in understanding the evolution of womens rights and the literary context of the period.

Maria, novela publicada de maneira póstuma en 1798, talvez sexa a obra máis radical da súa autora, Mary Wollstonecraft. O texto xira arredor das múltiples inxustizas que debe aturar a muller polo mero feito de selo. Asi, a protagonista, Maria, presa no interior dun alxube, vai narrando en primeira persoa as aciagas circunstancias do seu pasado, ateigado de episodios de gran crueldade tal que o rapto da sua filla ou non poucos abusos fisicos e psiquicos. O lector sabera en paralelo do seu presente, mais ese relato, que inclue unha historia sentimental de epoca transmitida con todo luxo de detalles, da por desgraza nun texto inacabado, xa que a autora morreu ao pouco de traer ao mundo unha filla.O valor historico da presente novela e evidente, pois Maria supon un dos primeiros achegamentos na historia do feminismo a cuestion da clase social. Polo demais, a obra conten unha serie de pasaxes autobiograficas que lle engaden novos atractivos. Con todo e iso, o certo e que non se trata dunha lectura sinxela, por ser a expresion de Wollstonecraft a miudo requintada e sisuda, non sempre fluida, produto talvez de ser ela autodidacta.