"The first of a new genus": Mary Wollstonecraft as a literary critic and mentor to Mary Hays

dc.contributor.author	Waters, Mary A.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-20T22:32:31Z
dc.date.available	2012-06-20T22:32:31Z
dc.date.issued	2004
dc.identifier.citation	"The first of a new genus": Mary Wollstonecraft as a literary critic and mentor to Mary Hays Waters, Mary A. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 37, Number 3, Spring 2004, pp. 415-434 (Article) Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press DOI: 10.1353/ecs.2004.0037	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1086-315X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/5200
dc.description	DOI: 10.1353/ecs.2004.0037	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Mary Wollstonecraft's work for Joseph Johnson's Analytical Review stands as a landmark in the changing occupations available to women writers during the late eighteenth century. Study of this work facilitates a clearer understanding of both Wollstonecraft's intellectual development and the material and social circumstances that facilitated her access to the sorts of literary work that had been mostly the province of men. As she developed broader areas of reviewing competence, Wollstonecraft also took on wider responsibilities with the Analytical Review and possibly Johnson's bookselling business as well. When she found herself in a position to offer professional mentoring to Mary Hays, Wollstonecraft provided Hays with opportunities for literary work and advised her on the credible public presentation of herself as a woman author. While this assistance did not lead to permanent literary employment for Hays, it did offer a significant boost to her literary career.
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	The Johns Hopkins University Press	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Eighteenth-Century Studies;v.37 no.3
dc.subject	Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 -- Influence.
dc.subject	Hays, Mary, 1759 or 60-1843.
dc.subject	Women authors, English -- History -- 18th century.
dc.subject	Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History --18th century
dc.title	"The first of a new genus": Mary Wollstonecraft as a literary critic and mentor to Mary Hays	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.description.version	Peer reviewed