Susan J. Wolfson
Autor(a) de Northanger Abbey: An Annotated Edition
About the Author
Susan J. Wolfson is a professor of English at Princeton University and author of many essays on and editions of Romantic-era writers. Her books include The Questioning Presence; Formal Charges: The Shaping of Poetry in British Romanticism; and, most recently, Borderlines: The Shiftings of Gender in mostrar mais British Romanticism. mostrar menos
Obras de Susan J. Wolfson
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / The Secret Sharer / Transformation: Three Tales of Doubles (2008) — Editor — 21 cópias
On Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: The First of a New Genus (Core Knowledge) (2023) 3 cópias
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Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1948-05-16
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 13
- Also by
- 5
- Membros
- 208
- Popularidade
- #106,482
- Avaliação
- 4.4
- Resenhas
- 6
- ISBNs
- 34
As I noticed in the other two books I've read in the Core Knowledge series, emphasis is on making the work relevant to contemporary readers as well as understanding the world within which it was created. This is no doubt due in large part to being drawn from an actual course yet also shows an interest and desire in helping us to, as they say, learn from the past. While the arguments are certainly part of what we can learn, I think understanding how Wollstonecraft responded to issues in her time can help us respond to the issues in ours. This short volume goes a long way toward encouraging just such engagement with A Vindication.
It had been years, okay, a couple decades, since I had read Wollstonecraft and this not only encouraged me to do so again but gave me new, and more nuanced, ways into the text. I think this can be a valuable read for both someone about to read her work and those of us who are revisiting it. For that reason, I would recommend it to anyone with an interest.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.… (mais)