Elizabeth Montagu

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*Dialogues of the Dead [with Lord Lyttelton] (satire) 1760

An Essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear, compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets. With some remarks upon the misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire (essay) 1769

The Letters of Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu 4 vols. [edited by Matthew Montagu] (letters) 1809-13

Elizabeth Montagu, the Queen of the Bluestockings: Her Correspondence from 1720-1761. 2 vols. [edited by Emily J. Climenson] (letters) 1906

Mrs. Montagu, “Queen of the Blues,” Her Letters and Friendships from 1762-1800. 2 vols. [edited by Reginald Blunt] (letters) 1923

*Montagu anonymously contributed the final three essays of Lord Lyttelton's Dialogues of the Dead: “A Dialogue between Cadmus and Hercules,” “Mercury and a Modern Fine Lady,” and “Plutarch, Charon, and a Modern Bookseller.”

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