A Letter to the Women of England and The Natural DaughterBroadview Press, 2003 M01 2 - 336 páginas Mary Robinson’s A Letter to the Women of England (1799) is a radical response to the rampant anti-feminist sentiment of the late 1790s. In this work, Robinson encourages her female contemporaries to throw off the “glittering shackles” of custom and to claim their rightful places as the social and intellectual equals of men. Separately published in the same year, Robinson’s novel The Natural Daughter follows the story of Martha Morley, who defies her husband’s authority, adopts a found infant, is barred from her husband’s estate and is driven to seek work as an actress and author. The novel implicitly links and critiques domestic tyrants in England and Jacobin tyrants in France. This edition also includes: other writings by Mary Robinson (tributes, and an excerpt from The Progress of Liberty); writings by contemporaries on women, society, and revolution; and contemporary reviews of both works. |
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... became increasingly popular and prosperous in her theatrical career during the next three years , her husband became increasingly profligate . Their marriage was evidently beyond repair long before Robinson made her legendary appear ...
... became the dupe of a profligate monarch , and the instrument of bigot persecution.2 The freezing restraint which custom placed on the manners of other nations , and which is as far removed from true delicacy as the earth is from the ...
... became every hour more corpulent ; his temper more irritable ; his pocket more light ; and his expences more heavy . Julia had formed many fash- ionable acquaintances , for she knew the art of being all things to all people ; among ...
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Acknowledgments | 7 |
A Brief Chronology | 33 |
A Letter to the Women of England | 39 |
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