Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Comet of the Enlightenment

Zusatztext Review from previous edition This is an accomplished and scholarly biography of a compelling individual. It is also a literary life that throws much light on the Augustan world of letters. Furthermore! this study carries conviction in part because Isobel Grundy does not exaggerate the importance of her subject ... fine study ... a wealth of information and reflection! and a careful piecing-together of a fascinating life. Klappentext With interest growing in the tradition of women's writing! Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) has been transformed from a colorful eccentric to an important writer. This book is the first to take her writing achievement seriously! as well as re-telling a life-story which every newly uncovered detail renders more extraordinary. Zusammenfassung With interest growing in the tradition of women's writing, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) has been transformed from a colourful eccentric to an important writer. This life is the first to take her writing achievement seriously, as well as re-telling a life-story which every newly uncovered detail renders more extraordinary.

Product details

• Authors: Isobel Grundy, Isobel (Henry Marshall Tory Professor Grundy
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.03.2001
• EAN: 9780198187653
• ISBN: 978-0-19-818765-3
• No. of pages: 703
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies