Myers, Sylvia Harcstark. The Bluestocking Circle: Women, Friendship, and the Life of the Mind in Eighteenth-Century England. Clarendon.
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William Pulteney, Earl of Bath
Standard Name: Bath, William Pulteney,,, Earl of
Used Form: Lord Bath
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| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Dedications | Elizabeth Carter | She dedicated it to Lord Bath
, who had persuaded her to publish it. This volume included only two poems from her earlier collection. A second edition followed in 1766, and a third (expanded with... |
| Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Montagu | EM
developed a significant friendship with the former politician William Pulteney, Lord Bath
, which ended only with his death. Climenson, Emily J., and Elizabeth Montagu. Elizabeth Montagu, The Queen of the Bluestockings. Her Correspondence from 1720 to 1761. John Murray. 2: 189 |
| Friends, Associates | Catherine Talbot | Six months later CT
was staying with the duchess on an extended visit. She was also a good friend of Elizabeth Montagu
(of whose closeness to Carter she was sometimes jealous); of Montagu's friends George Lyttelton |
| Literary responses | Elizabeth Montagu | EM
's four-year correspondence with the brilliant, witty, difficult, and rather intimidating octogenarianLord Bath
, and the experience of reading them, are the subject of a thought-provoking blog by Jane Magrath
. Magrath, Jane. “Reading for their lives”. Reading for their lives: the bluestockings, their letters, their lives. |
| Textual Production | Elizabeth Montagu | EM
's correspondents over the course of her life included Dr John Gregory
, Eliza Berkeley
, Mary Delany
, Ann Donellan
, and Hester Thrale
, besides the Duchess of Portland, Sarah Scott, and... |
| Travel | Elizabeth Carter | EC
travelled in Europe with Elizabeth Montagu
and Lord Bath
. Pennington, Montagu, and Elizabeth Carter. Memoirs of the Life of Mrs Elizabeth Carter. F. C. and J. Rivington. I: 270-2 Myers, Sylvia Harcstark. The Bluestocking Circle: Women, Friendship, and the Life of the Mind in Eighteenth-Century England. Clarendon. 194 |
| Travel | Elizabeth Montagu | EM
, travelling in Europe with Lord Bath
, wrote from Spa in present-day Belgium, to describe to Elizabeth Vesey
her visit there. Blunt, Reginald, and Elizabeth Montagu. Mrs Montagu, "Queen of the Blues", Her Letters and Friendships from 1762 to 1800. Constable. 1: 48-9 |
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