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The Works of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Including her correspondence, poems and essays, edited by James Dallaway, 5 volumes (London: R. Phillips, 1803).
- The Lover: A Ballad by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu | Poetry ...
The Lover: A Ballad. By Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. At...
- Constantinople by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu | Poetry Foundation
Best known as a letter writer, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu...
- The Lover: A Ballad by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu | Poetry ...
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont; 15 May 1689 – 21 August 1762) was an English aristocrat, medical pioneer, writer, and poet. Born in 1689, Lady Mary spent her early life in England. In 1712, Lady Mary married Edward Wortley Montagu, who later served as the British ambassador to the Sublime Porte. Lady Mary joined her husband on the ...
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. 1689 –. 1762. Read poems by this poet. Born on May 15, 1689 to Evelyn and Mary Pierrepont, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu is remembered primarily as a letter writer. Her father was a wealthy Whig who later became the Marquess of Dorchester, and Lady Mary, like other aristocratic women of her time, was educated at home.
The wonderfully cynical and world-weary ‘A Receipt to Cure the Vapours’ plays men at their own faithless game, while at the same time making fun of women who put on false shows of mourning. This is Lady Mary at her most glittering and dangerous, a feminist before the world knew what feminism was.
Although Lady Mary Wortley Montagu is now best known for her Embassy Letters, she wrote poetry and essays as well. A number of Lady Mary’s poems and essays were printed in her lifetime, either without or with her permission, in newspapers, in miscellanies, and independently.
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