Montagu, Elizabeth (Robinson)
- Montagu, Elizabeth (Robinson)
(1720-1800)
Critic, dau. of a gentleman of Yorkshire, m. a grandson of Lord Sandwich. She was one of the original "blue-stockings," and her house was a literary centre. She wrote an Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare (1769), in which she compared him with the classical and French dramatists, and defended him against the strictures of Voltaire. It had great fame in its day, but has long been superseded.
Short biographical dictionary of English literature .
John W. Cousin.
2011.
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Montagu, Elizabeth — ▪ English intellectual née Robinson born Oct. 2, 1720, York, Eng. died Aug. 25, 1800, London one of the first Bluestockings (q.v.), a group of English women who organized conversation evenings to find a more worthy pastime than card playing.… … Universalium
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