Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment

By Isobel Grundy

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198112890
• ISBN13: 9780198112891
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.5" x 6.2"