Elizabeth (Robinson) Montagu [ Art and Literature ]
… she set her own stamp on fashionable London society. People > Art and Literature Mots-clés Assemblies Bluestockings Conversation Correspondence Friendship Women The fourth child of nine surviving siblings, Elizabeth Robinson grew up in a … in the country, for gatherings which did not involve the usual card games but were based on literary (not political) conversation. Bluestocking sociability was based on the advance of politeness as extolled for instance by David Hume in … , 'On Refinement in the Arts' (1741, 1777 ). Hannah More, The Bas Bleu ( 1786 ). … Assemblies … Bluestockings … Conversation … Correspondence … Friendship … Women … Elizabeth (Robinson) Montagu …
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