Literature
After years of scholarly neglect, Robinson's literary afterlife continues apace. In addition to regaining cultural notability because of scholars who study her writing, she again attained a degree of celebrity in recent years when several biographies of her appeared, including one by Paula Byrne that became a top-ten bestseller after being selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club. However, most of the literature written about Mary has focused on her as a sex symbol, emphasizing her affairs and elaborately clad body. It wasn't until the 1990s that she began to receive the attention of feminists, but even their works are highly specified towards the Romantic Period of literature. Fortunately there is current research going on about Mary and other women like her.
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