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Memoirs of the Life of Mrs Elizabeth Carter Elizabeth Carter

Memoirs of the Life of Mrs Elizabeth Carter By Elizabeth Carter

Memoirs of the Life of Mrs Elizabeth Carter by Elizabeth Carter


Summary

This biography recounts the life and work of the English poet and classicist Elizabeth Carter (1717-1806), best known for her English translation of the work of the Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus. Based on Carter's personal papers, it is an invaluable source for the life of this remarkable eighteenth-century woman.

Memoirs of the Life of Mrs Elizabeth Carter Summary

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

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

Table of Contents

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

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NLS9781108033862
9781108033862
1108033865
Memoirs of the Life of Mrs Elizabeth Carter: With a New Edition of her Poems, Some of Which Have Never Appeared Before by Elizabeth Carter
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Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2011-07-21
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