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Genre/Form: | Correspondence Early works to 1800 Early works History Personal correspondence |
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Named Person: | Mary Wortley Montagu, Lady; Mary Wortley Montagu, Lady; Mary Wortley Montagu |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Mary Wortley Montagu, Lady; Teresa Heffernan; Daniel O'Quinn |
ISBN: | 9781554810420 1554810426 |
OCLC Number: | 820133066 |
Description: | 321 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Introduction -- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: A Brief Chronology of Her Life and Times -- A Note on the Text -- The Turkish Embassy Letters -- Appendix A: Front Matter for the 1763 Edition -- Appendix B: Further Correspondence and Verse Relating to Turkey -- Appendix C: Reception -- Appendix D: The Smallpox Inoculation Controversy -- Appendix E: Turkish Women and the Harem -- Appendix F: Eastern Tales and Orientalist Fictions -- Appendix G: Descriptions of Ottoman Governance and Society -- Appendix H: Accounts of Islam -- Appendix I: Illustrations. |
Series Title: | Broadview editions. |
Responsibility: | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ; edited by Teresa Heffernan and Daniel O'Quinn. |
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What a treat to see this indispensable and versatile text again available, lovingly edited by Teresa Heffernan and Daniel O'Quinn. They have followed the first edition, 1763 (illicitly published after a secret all-night copying session), while correcting their text from Montagu's own manuscript. Her idiosyncratic, open-minded, proto-feminist responses to Islamic civilization are more fascinating today than ever, and the context that the editors supply for them is simply the best yet." - Isobel Grundy, University of Alberta"Montagu's famous Letter-book has at last received the attention it has long deserved as an important piece of eighteenth-century travel literature. The lively introduction constructs the historical and literary context of the work, while an impressive set of appendices illustrates not just her world, but also that of her interlocutors and her contemporaries." - Virginia H. Aksan, McMaster University"In their superb Introduction to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's The Turkish Embassy Letters, Teresa Heffernan and Daniel O'Quinn write that "much like her letters, it is only more recently that her strategic and intelligent engagement with Ottoman culture is being mined." Their edition is a timely and compelling reminder of the reasons why we should pay attention to the writing of this remarkable woman. They have produced what will no doubt be the definitive teaching edition for years to come." - Suvir Kaul, University of Pennsylvania Read more...


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