Markman Ellis, Jack Orchard, Rosemary Baird Andreae, Joanna Barker, Stephen BendingThe Prospect of Improvement
Bluestockings and Landscape in Eighteenth-Century Britain
The Prospect of Improvement
Herausgeber: Ellis, Markman; Orchard, Jack
Markman Ellis, Jack Orchard, Rosemary Baird Andreae, Joanna Barker, Stephen BendingThe Prospect of Improvement
Bluestockings and Landscape in Eighteenth-Century Britain
The Prospect of Improvement
Herausgeber: Ellis, Markman; Orchard, Jack
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Captures in unprecedented depth the cultural significance of the designed landscape and its relationship with Bluestocking philosophy.
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Captures in unprecedented depth the cultural significance of the designed landscape and its relationship with Bluestocking philosophy.
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- Studies in the Eighteenth Century
- Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Seitenzahl: 294
- Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2025
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
- Gewicht: 564g
- ISBN-13: 9781837650507
- ISBN-10: 1837650500
- Artikelnr.: 73495525
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
- Studies in the Eighteenth Century
- Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Seitenzahl: 294
- Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2025
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
- Gewicht: 564g
- ISBN-13: 9781837650507
- ISBN-10: 1837650500
- Artikelnr.: 73495525
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
Edited by Markman Ellis and Jack Orchard
List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Foreword:
'Bringing Elizabeth Montagu to the World' - Joanna Barker and Nicole Pohl
Introduction: 'The Prospect of Improvement: Bluestockings and Landscape in
Eighteenth-Century Britain' - Markman Ellis and Jack Orchard Section One
1. 'Idioms of Improvement: Gender and Social Relations on the Montagu
Estates, 1730-1800' - Steve Hindle 2. 'Religious Faith, Class Politics, and
Equitable Progress: James Woodhouse and Elizabeth Montagu's Contending
Visions of Improvement' - Adam Bridgen and Steve Van Hagen 3. 'Cultivating
Wilderness' - Ve-Yin Tee Section Two 4. 'Another Little Excursion": On Tour
with Mrs Montagu and Lord Lyttelton' - Michael Cousins 5. 'Cultivating
Land, Literature, Letters: Textualities of Improvement in Elizabeth
Montagu's Travels in Scotland' - Millie Schurch 6. '"She had no eyes nor
understanding to see that it was not a common vulgar garden": Mary Delany's
Landscapes of Improvement' - Kristina Decker 7. 'Ladies of Landscape: The
Discovery of Lady Harriett Garnier's ferme ornée at Rookesbury, Hampshire'
- Rosemary Baird Andreae Section Three 8. 'The Genius of Rest ... those
Happy Groves Inspired': Literary Composition, Coterie Sociability, and the
Gardens at Wrest Park' - Jemima Hubberstey 9. '"Fate led me from my lov'd
retreat": the city and the country in Elizabeth Harcourt's writings' -
Mary Chadwick 10. '"Death's Refreshing Shade": Elizabeth Carter,
'Church-yard Poetry' and Contemplative Retirement in the Gardens of the
Dead' - James Metcalf Afterword: 'Bluestocking Landscapes' - Stephen
Bending Bibliography
'Bringing Elizabeth Montagu to the World' - Joanna Barker and Nicole Pohl
Introduction: 'The Prospect of Improvement: Bluestockings and Landscape in
Eighteenth-Century Britain' - Markman Ellis and Jack Orchard Section One
1. 'Idioms of Improvement: Gender and Social Relations on the Montagu
Estates, 1730-1800' - Steve Hindle 2. 'Religious Faith, Class Politics, and
Equitable Progress: James Woodhouse and Elizabeth Montagu's Contending
Visions of Improvement' - Adam Bridgen and Steve Van Hagen 3. 'Cultivating
Wilderness' - Ve-Yin Tee Section Two 4. 'Another Little Excursion": On Tour
with Mrs Montagu and Lord Lyttelton' - Michael Cousins 5. 'Cultivating
Land, Literature, Letters: Textualities of Improvement in Elizabeth
Montagu's Travels in Scotland' - Millie Schurch 6. '"She had no eyes nor
understanding to see that it was not a common vulgar garden": Mary Delany's
Landscapes of Improvement' - Kristina Decker 7. 'Ladies of Landscape: The
Discovery of Lady Harriett Garnier's ferme ornée at Rookesbury, Hampshire'
- Rosemary Baird Andreae Section Three 8. 'The Genius of Rest ... those
Happy Groves Inspired': Literary Composition, Coterie Sociability, and the
Gardens at Wrest Park' - Jemima Hubberstey 9. '"Fate led me from my lov'd
retreat": the city and the country in Elizabeth Harcourt's writings' -
Mary Chadwick 10. '"Death's Refreshing Shade": Elizabeth Carter,
'Church-yard Poetry' and Contemplative Retirement in the Gardens of the
Dead' - James Metcalf Afterword: 'Bluestocking Landscapes' - Stephen
Bending Bibliography
List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Foreword:
'Bringing Elizabeth Montagu to the World' - Joanna Barker and Nicole Pohl
Introduction: 'The Prospect of Improvement: Bluestockings and Landscape in
Eighteenth-Century Britain' - Markman Ellis and Jack Orchard Section One
1. 'Idioms of Improvement: Gender and Social Relations on the Montagu
Estates, 1730-1800' - Steve Hindle 2. 'Religious Faith, Class Politics, and
Equitable Progress: James Woodhouse and Elizabeth Montagu's Contending
Visions of Improvement' - Adam Bridgen and Steve Van Hagen 3. 'Cultivating
Wilderness' - Ve-Yin Tee Section Two 4. 'Another Little Excursion": On Tour
with Mrs Montagu and Lord Lyttelton' - Michael Cousins 5. 'Cultivating
Land, Literature, Letters: Textualities of Improvement in Elizabeth
Montagu's Travels in Scotland' - Millie Schurch 6. '"She had no eyes nor
understanding to see that it was not a common vulgar garden": Mary Delany's
Landscapes of Improvement' - Kristina Decker 7. 'Ladies of Landscape: The
Discovery of Lady Harriett Garnier's ferme ornée at Rookesbury, Hampshire'
- Rosemary Baird Andreae Section Three 8. 'The Genius of Rest ... those
Happy Groves Inspired': Literary Composition, Coterie Sociability, and the
Gardens at Wrest Park' - Jemima Hubberstey 9. '"Fate led me from my lov'd
retreat": the city and the country in Elizabeth Harcourt's writings' -
Mary Chadwick 10. '"Death's Refreshing Shade": Elizabeth Carter,
'Church-yard Poetry' and Contemplative Retirement in the Gardens of the
Dead' - James Metcalf Afterword: 'Bluestocking Landscapes' - Stephen
Bending Bibliography
'Bringing Elizabeth Montagu to the World' - Joanna Barker and Nicole Pohl
Introduction: 'The Prospect of Improvement: Bluestockings and Landscape in
Eighteenth-Century Britain' - Markman Ellis and Jack Orchard Section One
1. 'Idioms of Improvement: Gender and Social Relations on the Montagu
Estates, 1730-1800' - Steve Hindle 2. 'Religious Faith, Class Politics, and
Equitable Progress: James Woodhouse and Elizabeth Montagu's Contending
Visions of Improvement' - Adam Bridgen and Steve Van Hagen 3. 'Cultivating
Wilderness' - Ve-Yin Tee Section Two 4. 'Another Little Excursion": On Tour
with Mrs Montagu and Lord Lyttelton' - Michael Cousins 5. 'Cultivating
Land, Literature, Letters: Textualities of Improvement in Elizabeth
Montagu's Travels in Scotland' - Millie Schurch 6. '"She had no eyes nor
understanding to see that it was not a common vulgar garden": Mary Delany's
Landscapes of Improvement' - Kristina Decker 7. 'Ladies of Landscape: The
Discovery of Lady Harriett Garnier's ferme ornée at Rookesbury, Hampshire'
- Rosemary Baird Andreae Section Three 8. 'The Genius of Rest ... those
Happy Groves Inspired': Literary Composition, Coterie Sociability, and the
Gardens at Wrest Park' - Jemima Hubberstey 9. '"Fate led me from my lov'd
retreat": the city and the country in Elizabeth Harcourt's writings' -
Mary Chadwick 10. '"Death's Refreshing Shade": Elizabeth Carter,
'Church-yard Poetry' and Contemplative Retirement in the Gardens of the
Dead' - James Metcalf Afterword: 'Bluestocking Landscapes' - Stephen
Bending Bibliography







