Memoirs of Emma Courtney

by Mary Hays

Book Overview

First published in the turbulent decade following the French Revolution, Memoirs of Emma Courtney is based on Mary Hays' own passionate struggle with romance and Enlightenment philosophy. A feminist and ardent disciple of Mary Wollstonecraft, Hays reveals the lamentable gap between what women are' and what woment ought to be'.

The novel is one of the most articulate and detailed expressions of the yearnings and frustrations of a woman living...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199555400
• ISBN13: 9780199555406
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

One of the great political novels of the 1790s

Any fan of Mary Wollstonecraft should turn next to books like this one. Hays's novel is part of the first wave of responses to *A Vindication of the Rights of Woman* (1792) and shows that Wollstonecraft could produce thoughtful responses from British radicals that balance the unthinking ones from conservatives. With Amelia Opie's *Adeline Mowbray*, this novel tells us much about early British feminism and its interest in the novel. Broadview's texts, furthermore, are excellent and provide wonderful supporting materials; this one is no exception.

One of the great political novels of the 1790s

Any fan of Mary Wollstonecraft should turn next to books like this one. Hays's novel is part of the first wave of responses to *A Vindication of the Rights of Woman* (1792) and shows that Wollstonecraft could produce thoughtful responses from British radicals that balance the unthinking ones from conservatives. With Amelia Opie's *Adeline Mowbray*, this novel tells us much about early British feminism and its interest in the novel.