Writing against Sophie: Mary Hays's Female Biography as Enlightenment Feminist Critique of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile
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DOI: 10.1215/00982601-3841384
Abstract: Abstract:Mary Hays's Female Biography (1803) stands as a good example of collective biography, and a landmark in women's history writing. Scholarly debate continues on whether this epic text further develops Enlightenment feminism or marks a… read more here.
Keywords: jacques rousseau; mary hays; biography; hays female ... See more keywords