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. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-3 de 44
... lord Francis Sherville . She faintly shrieked , and would have retreated , but lord Francis , seeing a female , young and nearly overwhelmed with surprise , rushed after her . She would have concealed her face , but her hands seemed to ...
... lord Francis entered the circle ; his leg had been grazed in descending from the balcony , and he wore his handkerchief wrapped round it . The singularity of this circumstance diverted the torrent of malevolence ; and lord Francis's ...
... lord Francis's conduct penetrated Mrs. Morley's heart , and almost staggered her belief respecting the authenticity ... lord ! " said Mrs. Morley with a sigh , " had you been always thus kind , thus generous- - " she hesitated . " Go on ...
Contenido
Acknowledgments | 7 |
A Brief Chronology | 33 |
A Letter to the Women of England | 39 |
Derechos de autor | |
Otras 3 secciones no mostradas