Turkish Embassy Letters

AvMary Wortley Montagu

Häftad, Engelska, 1994

Del 816 i serien Virago Modern Classics

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Häftad

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Beskrivning

The critical and biographical introduction tells of Lady Wortley Montagu's travels through Europe to Turkey in 1716, where her husband had been appointed Ambassador. Her lively letters offer insights into the paradoxical freedoms conferred on Muslim women by the veil, the value of experimental work by Turkish doctors on inoculation, and the beauty of Arab poetry and culture. The ability to study another culture according to its own values and to see herself through the eyes of others makes Lady Mary one of the most fascinating of early travel writers and commentators

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1994-01-27
Mått:196 x 126 x 12 mm
Vikt:163 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Virago Modern Classics
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN:9781853816796

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Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Sanna berättelser inom Biografier
Reseguider inom Reseguider

Mer om författaren

In 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's husband Edward Montagu was appointed British ambassador to the Sublime Porte of the Ottoman Empire. Montagu accompanied her husband to Turkey and wrote an extraordinary series of letters that recorded her experiences as a traveller and her impressions of Ottoman culture and society. Her connections with poets such as Pope, Congreve and Addison and with Whig politicians through her father and husband provide a fascinating base for the correspondence.

Recensioner i media

Her letters have an immediacy and vivacity that remains as fresh as the mosaics on the ancient monuments she saw and the eastern gardens that gave her such delight