"This edition of Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)highlights Wollstonecraft's contributions to modern political philosophy, especially the idea of women's human rights, alongside the cultural and political contexts that inspired her important femi…
"This edition of Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)highlights Wollstonecraft's contributions to modern political philosophy, especially the idea of women's human rights, alongside the cultural and political contexts that inspired her important femi…
"This edition of Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)highlights Wollstonecraft's contributions to modern political philosophy, especially the idea of women's human rights, alongside the cultural and political contexts that inspired her important femi…
"I dined yesterday at Mrs Garrick's with Mrs Carter, Miss Hannah More and Miss Fanny Burney. Three such women are not to found; I know not where I could find a fourth, except Mrs Lennox, who is superiour to them all." --Samuel Johnson Dr. Johnson enjoyed the company of clever wo…
"Dr. Johnson's Women investigates the lives and writings of six leading female authors Johnson knew well: Elizabeth Carter, Charlotte Lennox, Elizabeth Montagu, Hester Thrale, Hannah More and Fanny Burney. It explores their relationships with Johnson, with each other and with th…
This work explores Dr Johnson's relationships with six remarkable and successful female authors: Elizabeth Carter; Hannah More; Charlotte Lennox; Hester Thrale; Fanney Burney; and Elizabeth Montagu. These women's characters and achievements are also chronicled.