Memoirs of the Life of Mrs Elizabeth Carter

Montagu Pennington (17621849) published this account of the life and work of the English poet and classicist Elizabeth Carter (17171806) in 1807. Carter first made her name in 1758 through her English translation of the work of the Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus for which she was acclaimed by Samuel Johnson as the ''best Greek scholar in England''. Carter also published numerous essays articles and translations and was an influential member of the Blue Stockings Society; later in life she became an evangelical Christian. This volume vividly recounts her education life and scholarly work. Being based on her own personal papers and letters and containing a number of Carter''s poems notes and articles the work is an invaluable source for the life of a remarkable eighteenth-century woman. For more information on this author see orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=cartel