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.

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Other Life Event Mary Wollstonecraft
Response to her death began with Mary Hays 's passionate eulogy in the Monthly Magazine that very month.
Tomalin, Claire. The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft. Penguin.
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Literary responses Mary Wollstonecraft
The Vindication provoked a storm of comment and replies, in reviews (the Monthly was respectful both of her project and its execution, but the Critical, though its review was long and detailed, was scathingly...
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...

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