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"Mary Hays: Life, Writings, and Correspondence," a fully searchable website, presents a detailed account of the life and career of Mary Hays (1759-1843), reconstructing her life in ways not previously known to students and scholars of this important Romantic novelist and feminist figure. The site is designed to enable students and scholars to gain free and open access to all pertinent materials related to Hays's familial and social circles, her writings, and her extensive correspondence, including some ninety letters by her close friend Eliza Fenwick (1766-1840), which appear for the first time in their entirety on this site. More than 400 letters, fully annotated, can be found in this collection. The site includes the complete texts of all her periodical writings (1784-1800) and all reviews of her own writings, as well as the complete text of Cursory Remarks (1792) and much of Letters and Essays (1793). The site contains the first complete genealogy of Hays, including the discovery of her previously unknown youngest sister, Marianna Hays (1773-97), and her numerous nephews and nieces, including the radical feminist writer Matilda Mary Hays (1820-97), not previously known to have been Hays's niece. Biographical notices of more than 100 individuals connected with Mary Hays can also be found on the site. Much of the new material on Hays has come from the diary, reminiscences, and correspondence of her long-time friend and relation through marriage, Henry Crabb Robinson (1775-1867). The material on the site situates Hays within a vibrant culture of religious Dissent from the 1770s through the 1840s, a culture that gave rise to her writing aspirations and governed many of her choices thereafter. The site has been created and compiled by Timothy Whelan, Georgia Southern University, and can be found at http://www.maryhayslifewritingscorrespondence.com. ********************************************************* British Association for Romantic Studies http://www.bars.ac.uk<http://www.bars.ac.uk/> To advertise Romantic literature conferences, publications, jobs, or other events that the BARS members would be interested in, please contact Neil Ramsey <[log in to unmask]> Also use this address to register any change in your e-mail address, or to be removed from the list. Messages are held in archives, along with other information about the Mailbase at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/bars.html ********************************************************* ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the BARS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BARS&A=1