The revolutionary rhetoric of Olympe de Gouges.
This article analyzes the writings of Olympe de Gouges In the context of her inscription in Revolutionary discourse. It begins with her anti-slavery play The Slavery of Blacks, which appeals for the legitimation of both women and blacks; follows her early political pamphlets culminating in the extr...
| Published in: | Feminist Issues Vol. 14; pp. 3 - 24 |
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Springer Science & Business Media B.V.
Spring 1994
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