Effeminate Edmund Burke and the masculine voice of Mary Wollstonecraft

• Published in: Journal of gender studies Vol. 28; no. 7; pp. 789 - 801
• Main Author: O'Donnell, Katherine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 03.10.2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Attention; Burke; Catholics; effeminate; John Bull; masculine; Masculinity; Middle class; Nationalism; Politics; public sphere; Voice; Wollstonecraft; Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759-1797); Womens rights

This article focuses on the gendered and nationalist rhetorical strategies Mary Wollstonecraft used in her work The Vindication of the Rights of Man which was written as an open letter of response to Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France . While a number of scholars note Wollst...