Addison's Cato and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Robert Halsband

doi:10.2307/459724

Addison's Cato and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

PMLA ◽

10.2307/459724 ◽

1950 ◽

Vol 65 (6) ◽

pp. 1122-1129 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Robert Halsband

Keyword(s):

Eighteenth Century ◽

Political Interest ◽

English Verse ◽

Verse Drama ◽

History Of ◽

Letter Writer

Joseph Addison's Cato is the most important English verse drama of the eighteenth century; Allardyce Nicoll calls it “a landmark in the history of tragedy.” In addition, it is of great political interest, for its production in the turbulent year before the death of Queen Anne made it the rallying piece for Whigs and Tories, both of whom enrolled its propaganda on their side. Hence any document which throws new light on its composition is significant for that reason alone. That Lady Mary Wortley Montagu wrote a critique of Cato before it was produced, and that Addison followed several of her suggestions for improving his tragedy add to the importance of such a discovery. As a letter-writer Lady Mary has a secure reputation, but her brilliant, aggressive intellect impelled her to take a far more active and varied part in the literary scene of her time than has previously been realized. In her serving as play-doctor for such an influential drama as Cato we have further evidence of her versatility.

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A History of Eighteenth-Century Literature (1660-1780)

10.1017/cbo9781139061537 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Edmund Gosse

Keyword(s):

Eighteenth Century ◽

Eighteenth Century Literature ◽

History Of ◽

Century Literature

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Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century

10.1017/cbo9781139895705 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

John Nichols

Keyword(s):

Eighteenth Century ◽

Literary History ◽

History Of

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The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Political Thought

10.1017/chol9780521374224 ◽

2006 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Mark Goldie ◽

Robert Wokler

Keyword(s):

Eighteenth Century ◽

Political Thought ◽

History Of

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The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Philosophy

10.1017/chol9780521867429 ◽

2006 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Keyword(s):

Eighteenth Century ◽

History Of

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History of English thought in the eighteenth century, Vol 1.

10.1037/14133-000 ◽

1876 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Leslie Stephen

Keyword(s):

Eighteenth Century ◽

History Of

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A history of botanical collections in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia

Archives of Natural History ◽

10.3366/anh.1998.25.2.283 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 283-291

Author(s):

P.S.M. PHIRI ◽

D.M. MOORE

Keyword(s):

Eighteenth Century ◽

Environmental Impact ◽

Impact Assessment ◽

Vascular Plants ◽

Central Africa ◽

Peak Activity ◽

Historical Account ◽

History Of ◽

The 1960S ◽

Made In

Central Africa remained botanically unknown to the outside world up to the end of the eighteenth century. This paper provides a historical account of plant explorations in the Luangwa Valley. The first plant specimens were collected in 1897 and the last serious botanical explorations were made in 1993. During this period there have been 58 plant collectors in the Luangwa Valley with peak activity recorded in the 1960s. In 1989 1,348 species of vascular plants were described in the Luangwa Valley. More botanical collecting is needed with a view to finding new plant taxa, and also to provide a satisfactory basis for applied disciplines such as ecology, phytogeography, conservation and environmental impact assessment.

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Reframing the Sciences of the Long Eighteenth Century

Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences ◽

10.1525/hsns.2020.50.1-2.58 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 50 (1-2) ◽

pp. 58-66

Author(s):

Giuliano Pancaldi

Keyword(s):

Eighteenth Century ◽

History Of Science ◽

Science Policy ◽

Special Issue ◽

Half Century ◽

The Past ◽

Past Half Century ◽

History Of ◽

Long Eighteenth Century ◽

Past Half

Here I survey a sample of the essays and reviews on the sciences of the long eighteenth century published in this journal since it was founded in 1969. The connecting thread is some historiographic reflections on the role that disciplines—in both the sciences we study and the fields we practice—have played in the development of the history of science over the past half century. I argue that, as far as disciplines are concerned, we now find ourselves a bit closer to a situation described in our studies of the long eighteenth century than we were fifty years ago. This should both favor our understanding of that period and, hopefully, make the historical studies that explore it more relevant to present-day developments and science policy. This essay is part of a special issue entitled “Looking Backward, Looking Forward: HSNS at 50,” edited by Erika Lorraine Milam.

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