| The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Volume 2 Contributor(s): Montagu, Mary Wortley (Author), Wharncliffe, Lord (Editor), Thomas, William Moy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1108073166 ISBN-13: 9781108073165 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $58.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Letters - Biography & Autobiography - History |
| Dewey: 828.509 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Europe |
| Physical Information: 1.23" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.53 lbs) 552 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Self-taught in her father's library, the writer, satirist and poet Lady Mary Wortley Montagu had an inexhaustible appetite for travel and society. This third edition of her Letters and Works (1866) offers insight into the ambitions and frustrations of one of the most unconventional women of the eighteenth century. Volume 2 continues the collection of her humorous, sometimes acerbic writings with correspondence from her travels in Italy. Her letters from abroad during the heyday of the Grand Tour reveal a sociable woman enjoying the sights and society of Florence, Bologna, Venice, Naples and Rome, while hosting salons, and courting controversy. Enhanced by an engraved portrait of her husband, Edward Wortley Montagu, this volume completes an entertaining and informative collection of correspondence. For more information on this author, see http: //orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=montm |
