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‘A land of slavery and superstition’? Hester Thrale and Elizabeth Montagu in France
Caroline Franklin 
The Modern Language Review, Volume: 114, Issue: 2, Pages: 212 - 229
Swansea University Author:
Caroline Franklin
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DOI (Published version): 10.5699/modelangrevi.114.2.0212
Abstract
This article examines the separate journeys to France of Hester Thrale (1741-1821) and Elizabeth Montagu (1718-1800), comparing their views on superstition. Thrale was interested in Catholicworship and the way of convent life, especially for British expatriates. When Montagu wentto France, the fourt...
| Published in: | The Modern Language Review |
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| ISSN: | 00267937 |
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2019
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48566 |
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This article examines the separate journeys to France of Hester Thrale (1741-1821) and Elizabeth Montagu (1718-1800), comparing their views on superstition. Thrale was interested in Catholicworship and the way of convent life, especially for British expatriates. When Montagu wentto France, the fourth edition of her Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear had beenpublished, mounting a wide-ranging attack on Voltaire. She defended Shakespeare’s use of thesupernatural, suggesting that literature drawing on ‘national superstitions’ promoted spiritual andmoral awareness. at both writers were able to challenge rationalist orthodoxies suggests theirsecure faith in modernity. |
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| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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2 |
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212 |
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229 |