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- Mary Wollstonecraft in Context
- Mary Wollstonecraft in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Frontispiece
- Chronology
- Part I Life and Works
- Part II Critical Fortunes
- Part III Historical and Cultural Contexts
- The French Revolution Debate
- Chapter 9 Writing the French Revolution
- Chapter 10 Radical Societies
- Chapter 11 Radical Publishers
- Chapter 12 British Conservatism
- The Rights of Woman Debate
- Philosophical Frameworks
- Legal and Social Culture
- Literature
- Suggested Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 11 - Radical Publishers
from The French Revolution Debate
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 January 2020
- Mary Wollstonecraft in Context
- Mary Wollstonecraft in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Frontispiece
- Chronology
- Part I Life and Works
- Part II Critical Fortunes
- Part III Historical and Cultural Contexts
- The French Revolution Debate
- Chapter 9 Writing the French Revolution
- Chapter 10 Radical Societies
- Chapter 11 Radical Publishers
- Chapter 12 British Conservatism
- The Rights of Woman Debate
- Philosophical Frameworks
- Legal and Social Culture
- Literature
- Suggested Further Reading
- Index
Summary
There are many senses in which Mary Wollstonecraft was a radical writer and thinker, not least through her association with her publisher Joseph Johnson and his circle. Johnson’s bookselling business is often identified as “liberal,” partly to distinguish it from the cheaper end of the spectrum of radical publishing that threw its weight behind democratic reform after the publication of the second part of Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man in 1792. Given her close association with Johnson and her “literary” aspirations, it is no surprise that Wollstonecraft had no direct relationship with popular radicalism, but that does not mean that this movement or the many largely anonymous “female citizens” associated with it were uninterested in Wollstonecraft or her ideas.
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- Mary Wollstonecraft in Context , pp. 95 - 101Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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