From private letters to pamphlet wars: the literary relations of Alexander Pope and Lady Mary Mortley Montagu

Abstract

Scholars have long struggled to fully explained the eigthteenth-century poetic war between Lady Mary Wortley and Alexander Pope. These two writers and intellectuals became magnets for gossip, praise, and opprobium when the years of their friendship shifted into a sensational battle of verses.

Desde hace tiempo los eruditos se han esforzado por explicar la guerra poética entre Lady Mary Wortley Montagu y Alexander Pope. Estos dos escritores atraían cotilleo,elogio y oprobio cuando los años de su amistad se convirtieron en una batalla de versos.