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An Honorable Alliance: The Friendship between James Beattie and Elizabeth Montagu, as Revealed by Her Letters

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Huntington Library Quarterly, Volume: 81, Issue: 4, Pages: 497 - 511

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The friendship between Elizabeth Montagu and James Beattie arose out of their shared desire to combat religious scepticism through promulgating English literature. Beattie as a poet and philosopher and Montagu as a critic of Shakespeare wanted to reinvigorate the moral health of the nation. Beattie...

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ISSN: 1544-399X
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