Lovers and Epistles: Progressivism and Feminism in the Poetry of Lady Mary Wortley Montague
$1.95
2 word format
document in english
literature
school essay
date published 12/12/2007
review : not yet assessed
level : Advanced
requested 1 times
SummaryThe seventeenth and eighteenth centuries of London were a time of formality and conservatism, especially among British women. But even in her early teens, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu went against the flow of society and taught herself Latin, according to the editors of the Seventh Edition of the Norton Anthology of English Literature (2579). This would not be the first and last time she would defy or speak out against the social constructs of her society, where women were forced to live in a hypocritical environment built by her male counterparts. Seeing this inequality, Lady Montague turned to her writing as a way to protest and put a spotlight on the plight of women. Two of her poems, “The Lover: A Ballad” and “Epistle from Mrs. Yonge to Her Husband” are two examples of how Montagu used her writing notoriety to convey her feminist message to her audience on the topics of marriage and divorce.
Most downloaded documents over 30 days in literature Latest in the category literature From the same author
knowledge network