Romanticism: Final Research Project

Romanticism: Final Research Project

For the final project, you will choose an author, composer, or artist to learn about in depth– Mary Wollstonecraft.

Your research must include the following three components:
-biographical information
-contemporary reception
-recent scholarship (from the past 5-15 years—as recent as you can find)

Annotated Bibliography

“Mary Wollstonecraft.” Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, vol. 26, Gale, 2006. Biography In Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K1631008799/BIC?u=les_main&sid=BIC&xid=e0724e16.
This is a scholarly article from a reliable database containing background biographical information.

Davenport-Hines, Richard. “Frankenstein’s Grandmother.” New York Times, 13 May 2001, p. 18. Biography In Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A74468421/BIC?u=les_main&sid=BIC&xid=5524b533.
This is an except from a relevant publication found on a reliable biographical database, detailing Wollstonecraft’s general reception from others.

“Mary Wollstonecraft: enlightenment feminist.” The Humanist, Mar.-Apr. 2005. Biography In Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A129710748/BIC?u=les_main&sid=BIC&xid=80c45f1a.
This is a Humanist Association article found on a reliable biographical database, giving general background from Wollstonecraft’s life.

Menig, Larisa. “Mary Wollstonecraft – first philosopher of feminism.” Skhid [Online], 5(157) (2018): 17-24. Web. http://skhid.kubg.edu.ua/article/view/148353/148285
This is a relevant postgrad paper on an international database website, accessed through the Lesley library databases.

Rauschenbusch-Clough, Emma. “An excerpt from A Study of Mary Wollstonecraft and the Rights of Woman.” Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, edited by James E. Person, Jr., vol. 5, Gale, 1987. Literature Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/H1420021206/LitRC?u=les_main&sid=LitRC&xid=473f13e9.
This is an excerpt from a relevant historical publication found on a reliable literature database.

Hays, Mary. “Memoirs of Mary Wollstonecraft.” Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, edited by James E. Person, Jr., vol. 5, Gale, 1987. Literature Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/H1420021203/LitRC?u=les_main&sid=LitRC&xid=cd3a42aa.

Hirschmann, Nancy J., and Emily F. Regier. “Mary Wollstonecraft, Social Constructivism, and the Idea of Freedom.” Politics & Gender, pp. 1–26., doi:10.1017/S1743923X18000491. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/politics-and-gender/article/mary-wollstonecraft-social-constructivism-and-the-idea-of-freedom/4B412F42BD49327AC94EEE340FBBF5D5