Mary Hays (1759-1843): The Growth of a Woman's Mind

ISBN-13: 9780815390459 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 297 str.

Gina Luria Walker

Opis

The author's intellectual history of Hays finally makes the case for her importance as an innovator. She was a feminist thinker who advanced notions of tolerance that included women, an educator who broke new ground for female autodidacts, a philosophical commentator who translated Enlightenment ideas for a burgeoning female audience.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction. Part 1 Preludes: Love letters; An age of controversy; Sewing in the next world. Part 2 Promises: Electrical sympathy; The idea of being free; Hazardous experiment. Part 3 The Buried Life: Whirlwind and torrent; I am a Woman; All things become new. Bibliography; Index.