Julie in the Asylum: Mary Wollstonecraft’s Educational Theory in Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman

• In Event: The Politics of Education and Formation of the Self

Brief Overview

Wollstonecraft is seen primarily as a critic of Rousseau’s educational proposals, but her use of Julie, or the New Heloise, in her fictional sequel to her Vindication indicates more agreement between the two thinkers than is generally recognized.

Author

• Emma V Slonina, Villanova University