test
Search publications, data, projects and authors

Article

English

ID: <

10.4000/episteme.633

>

·

DOI: <

10.4000/episteme.633

>

Where these data come from
Sense and sensibility : Mary Wollstonecraft as Active Witness to History

Abstract

This article aims to show that in A Vindication of the Rights of Men Mary Wollstonecraft redefines historical practice by turning satire into a mode of historical cognition. Satire is here understood as a form of aesthetic sublimation of the violence inherent in polemical discourse. Wollstonecraft thus seeks to delegitimize Edmund Burke’s rendition of the French Revolution and, beyond, Burke himself as a historian, notably by feminizing him while presenting herself as an active witness to history.

Your Feedback

Please give us your feedback and help us make GoTriple better.
Fill in our satisfaction questionnaire and tell us what you like about GoTriple!