“When Kindred Souls Unite”: The Literary Friendship of Mary Steele and Mary Scott, 1766–1793.

The article analyzes the friendship poetry of British poets Mary Steele and Mary Scott, including Scott's poem "On Friendship Addressed to Sylvia, 1770" and Steele's poems "To Myra, 1772" and "To Miss Scott on Reading the Female Advocate". According to the author, the poems illustrate the nurturing aspects of their friendship and their shared experiences of societal resistance . Other topics include religious nonconformism, illness, and marriage.