Memoirs of the Life of Mrs Elizabeth Carter
With a New Edition of her Poems, Some of Which Have Never Appeared Before

A vivid and informative account of the life of the eighteenth-century English poet and classicist Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806).

Elizabeth Carter (Author), Montagu Pennington (Edited by)

9781108033862, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 July 2011

658 pages, 1 b/w illus.
24.4 x 17 x 3.4 cm, 1.03 kg

Montagu Pennington (1762–1849) published this account of the life and work of the English poet and classicist Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806) in 1807. Carter first made her name in 1758 through her English translation of the work of the Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus, for which she was acclaimed by Samuel Johnson as the 'best Greek scholar in England'. Carter also published numerous essays, articles, and translations and was an influential member of the Blue Stockings Society; later in life, she became an evangelical Christian. This volume vividly recounts her education, life, and scholarly work. Being based on her own personal papers and letters, and containing a number of Carter's poems, notes and articles, the work is an invaluable source for the life of a remarkable eighteenth-century woman. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=cartel

Preface
Memoirs
Poems
Miscellanies in prose
Notes on the Bible
Answers to objections against the New Testament
Letters, etc. on religious subjects
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]