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May 13, 2026Open Access

'We advise her to throw aside her pen': Hierarchy and Authority in Mary Wollstonecraft's Reviews

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CDColette Davies

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Overview

This article analyzes Mary Wollstonecraft's reviews, revealing her negotiation of authority in literary criticism.

Key Points

  • This analysis aims to explore Mary Wollstonecraft’s reviewer persona and the significance of her reviews.
  • Analyzes Wollstonecraft's reviews from Analytical Review
  • Examines her language and tropes, especially related to parenthood
  • Investigates classist and hierarchical themes in her critiques
  • Wollstonecraft employs specific tropes to cultivate her image as an authority
  • Her reviews reveal underlying classist views on literary ability
  • Hierarchies of writing ability are evident in her critiques of various authors

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Colette Davies (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0415f879e20c90b444578ehttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20018110
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