Topic > Lady Mary Montagu's Travel Writing - 1407

Lady Mary Montagu's letters are a form of travel writing that contributes to the exploration of issues; such as feminism, gender, health, class and culture through an epistolary form. In the period when Lady Mary Montagu wrote her letters, travel was a means of trade and commerce. In contrast to this form of travel writing is Oscar Wilde's Symphony in Mystery. This is in the form of poetry, which is simplistic in its structure and appearance but not in its content or meaning. The title of the poem suggests that it has a substantial connection with music; however, the reader is presented with a poem that focuses on the narrator's vision of the place. Similar to the form of poetry, Oscar Wilde's The Harlots House explores the idea of ​​prostitution through an in-depth description of what he sees. As a woman, Lady Mary Montagu is shown as someone who breaks free from the confines that society imposes on her. This exploration of femininity within society is widely reflected in her letters. Through this form you see someone developing themselves and broadening their views. She is illustrated as a pretentious personality who gradually, while experiencing various situations, adheres to a change in attitude. His courage is evident in the way he describes his exploits at sea. According to her early letters she claims to be “less afraid of storms at sea than the captain…” The fact of being a woman as well as an aristocrat gave her great status and authority as she seems to claim. Her strong nature makes her see fear not as something to react to but as an illness she doesn't have. There are many examples in his letters where ideas and issues are explored. It can be correctly said that she begins her letters as a woman with a mind...in the center of the card...she brings life and joy to many here the reader sees in simple words the dead dancing. From the narrator's point of view, the women in the house seem non-human and lifeless. This is a poem of passion and control, suggesting that perhaps people attracted to an environment like this show a lack of it and lose their "soul inheritance", which we see his partner do towards the end. Edouard Roditi sees poetry as a “contemporary scene… the subject has been collaborated on the form” of a poem. When focusing on the “subject” mentioned, it can be suggested that Oscar Wilde is placing Victorian society as his subject. It seems to focus on prostitution and in some ways questions the society that condemns it and yet participates in it. Harlots House is the home of a prostitute and during the Victorian era was considered a place of sin.