Called to Civil Existence

“Steiner's careful selection and thorough familiarity with each of the essays is evident in her discussion of each in her own introductory chapter. As well as setting out the key arguments of each contributor, Steiner brings them into dialogue, noting similarities and divergences across the collection. While this is the work of an editor, Steiner accomplishes this extremely well, resulting in a collection of 10 essays that preserves diverse research and individual voices, while maintaining a focused and unified direction. […]The Dialogue series intends to bring emerging critical voices into discussion with established literary scholars, and this collection provides a lively and rigorous forum for both established scholars and emerging critics.”– Kaley Kramer (York St John University), in Women’s Writing October 2014, pp. 1-3

• Enit Karafili Steiner: IntroductionAnne K. Mellor: The Debate on The Rights of Woman: Wollstonecraft’s Influence on the Women Writers of Her DayElizabeth Raisanen: Mary Wollstonecraft, Anna Barbauld, and Equality FeminismGina Luria Walker: The Two Marys: Hays Writes Wollstonecraft Fiore Sireci: “Defects of Temper”: Mary Wollstonecraft’s Strategies of Self-RepresentationNatalie Fuehrer Taylor: “Mistaken Notions of Female Excellence”: Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of VirtueJoEllen M. DeLucia: A Delicate Debate: Mary Wollstonecraft, the Bluestockings, and the Progress of WomenSimon Swift: Mary Wollstonecraft’s Religious CharactersMolly Desjardins: A “Foretaste” of the Hereafter: Mary Wollstonecraft’s Physio-Religious SublimeKatharina Rennhak: Hailing a New Man: The Rights of Women, Constructions of Masculinity and SolidarityDustin Friedman: Beyond Heterosexuality: Mary Wollstonecraft’s Aesthetic MasculinityAuthor BiographiesIndex