1. Mary Wollstonecraft and John Clare.
... in itself is given 'additional significance' by the 'Revolutionary tribunals' and 'British treason trails' taking place at the time and of which contemporary readers would have been very aware. (Kelly 219) Clare's view of the French Revolution was very different to that of Wollstonecraft's strong support. Clare greatly mistrusted 'revolution and reform' and while he 'felt the value of the ... illusions generally represented in them. At a time when women were bombarded with conduct books, Maria can be seen as a 'political vindication and manual of instruction, a Revolutionary feminist co...
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