E.J. Clery is Professor of English Literature at Uppsala University, and the author of five monographs, including Women's Gothic from Clara Reeve to Mary Shelley. Her recent publications include a critical biography Jane Austen: the Banker's Sister and Eighteen Hundred and Eleven: Poetry, Protest and Economic Crisis.

The compact demands of the "very short introduction" might entice a lesser scholar to cherry-pick her quotable moments or trace a coherent argument across her oeuvre. Admirably, Clery insists on contradictions and contingencies, introducing readers to the rich and compelling context of Wollstonecraft's world. This introduction follows Wollstonecraft as she grows, responds and changes her mind...

• 1: First of a New Genus 2: The Making of a Feminist 3: Educator 4: Political Thinker 5: Romantic 6: Reintroducing Mary Wollstonecraft Timeline of Wollstonecraft's Life and Works

E.J. Clery is Professor of English Literature at Uppsala University, and the author of five monographs, including Women's Gothic from Clara Reeve to Mary Shelley. Her recent publications include a critical biography Jane Austen: the Banker's Sister and Eighteen Hundred and Eleven: Poetry, Protest and Economic Crisis.

The compact demands of the "very short introduction" might entice a lesser scholar to cherry-pick her quotable moments or trace a coherent argument across her oeuvre. Admirably, Clery insists on contradictions and contingencies, introducing readers to the rich and compelling context of Wollstonecraft's world. This introduction follows Wollstonecraft as she grows, responds and changes her mind...

• 1: First of a New Genus 2: The Making of a Feminist 3: Educator 4: Political Thinker 5: Romantic 6: Reintroducing Mary Wollstonecraft Timeline of Wollstonecraft's Life and Works

E.J. Clery is Professor of English Literature at Uppsala University, and the author of five monographs, including Women's Gothic from Clara Reeve to Mary Shelley. Her recent publications include a critical biography Jane Austen: the Banker's Sister and Eighteen Hundred and Eleven: Poetry, Protest and Economic Crisis.

The compact demands of the "very short introduction" might entice a lesser scholar to cherry-pick her quotable moments or trace a coherent argument across her oeuvre. Admirably, Clery insists on contradictions and contingencies, introducing readers to the rich and compelling context of Wollstonecraft's world. This introduction follows Wollstonecraft as she grows, responds and changes her mind...

• 1: First of a New Genus 2: The Making of a Feminist 3: Educator 4: Political Thinker 5: Romantic 6: Reintroducing Mary Wollstonecraft Timeline of Wollstonecraft's Life and Works