Women's travel writing [ Reading & Writing / Mobility ]
… a common trope in travel-writing, that of cultural comparison, she cleverly relocates British sociable values – virtue, politeness, modesty and civility – from British sociable places (‘the assemblies’) to the Turkish hot bath. 1 . Lady … 2 . Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, The Turkish Embassy Letters (London: Virago Press, 1994), p. 58. Sociable values (‘the politeness of a court’, ‘the gentleness of a lady’) are also invoked by Mary Astell to tone down prejudices and soften …
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