Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Mary Hays
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Standard Name: Hays, Mary
Birth Name: Mary Hays
Pseudonym: Eusebia
Pseudonym: M. H.
Pseudonym: A Woman
MH
is one of the best-known among the group of radical feminists surrounding Mary Wollstonecraft; she is notable for arguing from emotion, even passion, as well as reason. She wrote two novels, poetry, and a number of polemical and biographical works.
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Publishing | Mary Lamb | Mary Lamb
's essay entitled On Needle-Work appeared in print in the British Lady's Magazine under the name of Sempronia (which was probably borrowed from the feminist Mary Hays
). Aaron, Jane. A Double Singleness. Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press. 52n2 |
| Publishing | Eliza Fenwick | EF
's letters to Mary Hays
were edited (considerably revised, with significant passages omitted and some letters divided up) by Hays's great-great-niece Annie F. Wedd
. These printed letters run from 22 October 1798 to... |
| Reception | Ann Jebb | George Dyer
warmly praised AJ
in his poem On Liberty, which appeared in his Poems of 1792. Since he also praised Wollstonecraft
's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Charlotte Smith
,... |
| Reception | Catharine Macaulay | Mary Hays
devoted to CM
one of the most significant entries in her Female Biography (published in late 1802), and the longest to be based on original research. Reviewers took note, and charged Hays with... |
| Residence | Eliza Fenwick | Accustomed to India, neither of the Honnors had any idea how European servants are accustomed to be treated; Mr Honnor was often an oppressive and tyrannical master, nay even niggardly to comforts towards them... |
| Textual Features | Charlotte Smith | These letters include plenty to family and friends; most notable are those to her publishers, a whole series of them. Fletcher, Loraine. Charlotte Smith: A Critical Biography. Macmillan. 207 |
| Textual Features | Anna Wheeler | The Appeal begins with an Introductory Letter to Mrs. Wheeler in which William Thompson
expresses his reasons for writing the Appeal: an attempt to arrange the expression of those feelings, sentiments, and reasonings, which... |
| Textual Features | Mary Wollstonecraft | Among the whole range of MW
's letters, those in which she offered mentorship to Mary Hays
exemplify her disregard for conventional politesse, her grasp on the issues surrounding female professional authorship, and her generosity... |
| Textual Production | Elizabeth Hamilton | This was published at Bath and London. EH
did serious historical research for this book, reading all the Roman history she could find in English and even commissioning translations. There was already women's work... |
| Textual Production | Charlotte Smith | She felt she was not paid well enough for the production of the first two volumes. Smith, Charlotte. The Collected Letters of Charlotte Smith. Editor Stanton, Judith Phillips, Indiana University Press. 403-4 |
| Textual Production | Eliza Fenwick | Charlotte Smith
knew of this work-in-progress on 26 July 1800, when she told Mary Hays
how she wished she could help EF
with money or moral support. On 31 October 1801 Hays noted that Thomas Underwood |
| Textual Production | Anna Letitia Barbauld | Here she followed just a few months behind Mary Hays
, who had also published a riposte to Wakefield. Close behind the book came the re-issue by Joseph Johnson
of a whole bunch of ALB |
| Textual Production | Eliza Fenwick | EF
's personal letters, as represented by the survivors among them from every stage of her life, are still highly readable. She wrote to her son Orlando while he was away at school, and to... |
| Textual Production | Anna Letitia Barbauld | The importance of politics in ALB
's journalism is shown by her declining an invitation from Maria Edgeworth
in 1804 to associate herself with a journal written entirely by women, on the grounds that the... |
| Textual Production | Mary Matilda Betham | She was working on this book as early as December 1798 (years before her move to London, when Charlotte Bedingfield
wrote to say she was glad the work was progressing, and wished she had knowledge... |
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