University of BirminghamJoint Information Systems Committee (JISC)Department of Special Collections, University of BirminghamPhotography and metadataInstitute for Textual Scholarship, University of BirminghamData conversion and validation; web realizationZeth GreenProject leader, ITSEEKarin BrownShakespeare Institute LibraryDavid HopesResearch Fellow, Shakespeare InstituteRalph JankeTechnical Officer, ITSEEUniversity of BirminghamAuth=ITSEE/textsource=ShakespeareInstitute/Elizabeth_Robinson_Montagu_Essay_1769United KingdomWest MidlandsBirminghamUniversity of BirminghamDepartment of Special CollectionsShakespeareInstituteManuscripts_and_CorrespondenceElizabeth_Robinson_Montagu_Essay_1769An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets with some remarks upon the misrepresentations of Monf. De Voltaire by Mrs Elizabeth Robinson Montagu (London: printed for J. Dodsley; Mess. Baker and Leigh; J. Walter; T. Cadell; and J. Wilkie, 1769). Mrs Montagu was the leader of the Bluestocking social and literary circle in the 18th century. This work, which coincided with the height of eighteenth-century bardolatry, defended Shakespeare against a previously famous published attack by French writer Voltaire, announcing Shakespeare as the greatest writer in any language. This is a copy of the first printing of the text.Automatically generated from file structureFrontCovRearCovSIrPR2894_001SIrPR2894_002SIrPR2894_003SIrPR2894_004SIrPR2894_005SIrPR2894_006SIrPR2894_007SIrPR2894_008SIrPR2894_009SIrPR2894_010SIrPR2894_011SIrPR2894_012SIrPR2894_013SIrPR2894_014SIrPR2894_015SIrPR2894_016SIrPR2894_017SIrPR2894_018SIrPR2894_019SIrPR2894_020SIrPR2894_021SIrPR2894_022SIrPR2894_023SIrPR2894_024SIrPR2894_025SIrPR2894_026SIrPR2894_027SIrPR2894_028SIrPR2894_029SIrPR2894_030SIrPR2894_031SIrPR2894_032SIrPR2894_033SIrPR2894_034SIrPR2894_035SIrPR2894_036SIrPR2894_037SIrPR2894_038SIrPR2894_039SIrPR2894_040SIrPR2894_041SIrPR2894_042SIrPR2894_043SIrPR2894_044SIrPR2894_045SIrPR2894_046SIrPR2894_047SIrPR2894_048SIrPR2894_049SIrPR2894_050SIrPR2894_051SIrPR2894_052SIrPR2894_053SIrPR2894_054SIrPR2894_055SIrPR2894_056SIrPR2894_057SIrPR2894_058SIrPR2894_059SIrPR2894_060SIrPR2894_061SIrPR2894_062SIrPR2894_063SIrPR2894_064SIrPR2894_065SIrPR2894_066SIrPR2894_067SIrPR2894_068SIrPR2894_069SIrPR2894_070SIrPR2894_071SIrPR2894_072SIrPR2894_073SIrPR2894_074SIrPR2894_075SIrPR2894_076SIrPR2894_077SIrPR2894_078SIrPR2894_079SIrPR2894_080SIrPR2894_081SIrPR2894_082SIrPR2894_083SIrPR2894_084SIrPR2894_085SIrPR2894_086SIrPR2894_087SIrPR2894_088SIrPR2894_089SIrPR2894_090SIrPR2894_091SIrPR2894_092SIrPR2894_093SIrPR2894_094SIrPR2894_095SIrPR2894_096SIrPR2894_097SIrPR2894_098SIrPR2894_099SIrPR2894_100SIrPR2894_101SIrPR2894_102SIrPR2894_103SIrPR2894_104SIrPR2894_105SIrPR2894_106SIrPR2894_107SIrPR2894_108SIrPR2894_109SIrPR2894_110SIrPR2894_111SIrPR2894_112SIrPR2894_113SIrPR2894_114SIrPR2894_115SIrPR2894_116SIrPR2894_117SIrPR2894_118SIrPR2894_119SIrPR2894_120SIrPR2894_121SIrPR2894_122SIrPR2894_123SIrPR2894_124SIrPR2894_125SIrPR2894_126SIrPR2894_127SIrPR2894_128SIrPR2894_129SIrPR2894_130SIrPR2894_131SIrPR2894_132SIrPR2894_133SIrPR2894_134SIrPR2894_135SIrPR2894_136SIrPR2894_137SIrPR2894_138SIrPR2894_139SIrPR2894_140SIrPR2894_141SIrPR2894_142SIrPR2894_143SIrPR2894_144SIrPR2894_145SIrPR2894_146SIrPR2894_147SIrPR2894_148SIrPR2894_149