Poetic Wollstonecraft: A Study in Aesthetics

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, , course: M.A. English , language: English, abstract: Poetic Wollstonecraft: A Study in Aesthetics, an essay, discusses principles of Romantic aesthetics in Marry Wollstonecraft writings.Mary Wollstonecraft, a classic in the world of feminist, had viewed also on beauty and sublimity of /in art and literature. She was a born genius, though never composed poetry. Her heart's revelation can be found in some incomplete dramas, fictions, letter and polemical writings like A Vindication of the Rights of Man/Woman . She had to suffer after the birth of her daughter, Fanny, Imlay¿s deception. She was never disheartened, though she committed unsuccessful suicidal attempt twice. After each attempt she found herself a unique creative energy and sympathetic touch with the poor and helpless which made her anti-aristocratic, anti-imperialistic, anti-anarchist, and anti-non-humanist/humanitarianist. She developed Enlightenment revolution of woman's rights and freedom. Her modesty and chaste charity was always inclined to the poor and helpless creatures of the country, esp. women...