The Cambridge Companion to Mary Wollstonecraft
- ISBN-10
- 0521789524
- ISBN-13
- 9780521789523
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 284
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-05-30
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Claudia L. Johnson
Description
A collected volume which addresses all aspects of Wollstonecraft's momentous and tragically brief career.
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