Vindication: A Life Of Mary Wollstonecraft
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Vindication: A Life Of Mary Wollstonecraft by Lyndall Gordon
The acclaimed biographer of T.S. Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, Virginia Woolf and Henry James turns now to one of the greatest women of history. 'A biography that's as passionate and humane as its subject' Kelly Grovier, Observer
Gordon's biographical method is excitingFrom this beautifully written book, Wollstonecraft emerges as a triumphant success, despite all adversity and slights of fate -- Ruth Scurr * The Times *
Gordon's moving tribute brings alive the depth and complexity of the woman, and the intellectual debt that generations of Wollstonecraft's political daughters owe her to this day -- Melissa Benn * Independent *
Gordon presents her subject with a freshness that makes the reader feel they are being introduced to this familiar figure for the very first time. The impression of newness is magnified by Gordon's use of overlooked and recently excavated souces which shed much needed light on the darker corridors of Wollstonecraft's life * Observer *
It is the elasticity and range of Gordon's mind that make this biography so rewarding * Sunday Times *
Gordon's moving tribute brings alive the depth and complexity of the woman, and the intellectual debt that generations of Wollstonecraft's political daughters owe her to this day.' Melissa Benn - The Independent 'Gordon's biographical method is exciting. From this beautifully written book, Wollstonecraft emerges as a triumphant success, despite all adversity and slights of fate. * Ruth Scurr - The Times 'Brings alive the depth and complexity of the woman’ *
Gordon's moving tribute brings alive the depth and complexity of the woman, and the intellectual debt that generations of Wollstonecraft's political daughters owe her to this day -- Melissa Benn * Independent *
Gordon presents her subject with a freshness that makes the reader feel they are being introduced to this familiar figure for the very first time. The impression of newness is magnified by Gordon's use of overlooked and recently excavated souces which shed much needed light on the darker corridors of Wollstonecraft's life * Observer *
It is the elasticity and range of Gordon's mind that make this biography so rewarding * Sunday Times *
Gordon's moving tribute brings alive the depth and complexity of the woman, and the intellectual debt that generations of Wollstonecraft's political daughters owe her to this day.' Melissa Benn - The Independent 'Gordon's biographical method is exciting. From this beautifully written book, Wollstonecraft emerges as a triumphant success, despite all adversity and slights of fate. * Ruth Scurr - The Times 'Brings alive the depth and complexity of the woman’ *
Lyndall Gordon was born in Cape Town and studied American Literature at Columbia University in New York. She came to England through the Rhodes Trust in 1973.
She is the prize-winning author of biographies including The Imperfect Life of T. S. Eliot; Henry James: His Women and his Art; Charlotte Bronte: A Passionate Life; Virginia Woolf: A Writer's Life; Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft; Lives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickinson and Her Family Feuds and Outsiders: Five Women Writers Who Changed the World. There are also two memoirs, Shared Lives, A Story of Women's Friendship, and Divided Lives, about her mother, whose spiritual journey opened up Eliot's poetry for her. She has written the 'Life' for the Eliot website: tseliot.com.
Lyndall Gordon is a fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She lives in Oxford.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844081417 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844081419 |
| Title | Vindication: A Life Of Mary Wollstonecraft |
| Author | Lyndall Gordon |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2006-01-19 |
| Number of pages | 576 |
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