Letter to the Women of England and the Natural Daughter

Name: Letter to the Women of England and the Natural Daughter
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ISBN: 9781551112367

ISBN-10: 1551112361

ISBN-13: 9781551112367

Edition: 2002

Authors: Mary Robinson, Sharon M. Setzer

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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…

Book details

List price: $24.50
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Broadview Press
Publication date: 1/30/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Mary Robinson: A Brief Chronology


A Note on the Texts


A Letter to the Women of England


The Natural Daughter



Robinson's Tributes to the Duchess of Devonshire



Excerpts from The Morning Post



Richard Polwhele, from The Unsex'd Females (1798)



Priscilla Wakefield, from Reflections on the Present Condition of the Female Sex (1798)



Mary Robinson, from The Progress of Liberty (1801)



Helen Maria Williams, from Letters from France (1795-96)



Contemporary Reviews of A Letter to the Women of England



Contemporary Reviews of The Natural Daughter


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