Myers, Sylvia Harcstark. The Bluestocking Circle: Women, Friendship, and the Life of the Mind in Eighteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1990.
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William Pulteney, Earl of Bath
Standard Name: Bath, William Pulteney,,, Earl of
Used Form: Lord Bath
Connections
| 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, 1906. 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, 1807. I: 270-2 Myers, Sylvia Harcstark. The Bluestocking Circle: Women, Friendship, and the Life of the Mind in Eighteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1990. 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, 1923. 1: 48-9 |
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