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Margaret Cavendish
Written by a 17th-century duchess, this remarkable utopian fantasy centers on a heroine who is transported to another world, where she rules as empress and outlaws war, religious conflict, and…
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Duch Of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
"Grounds of Natural Philosophy: Divided into Thirteen Parts" by the Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle is a groundbreaking work that exemplifies early modern philosophy, blending science and metaphysics. As one…
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Francesca Peacock
'Puts Cavendish back into the literary history books where she belongs' Kate Mosse
'Scholarly, articulate, and never less than fascinating' Alice Loxton
A biography of the remarkable, and in her…
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Margaret Cavendish,Michael Robbins
An eclectic collection of poetry by one of 17th century England’s boldest, smartest, and independent women.
What a vision of loneliness and riot the thought of Margaret Cavendish brings to…
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Emma Rees,Emma L. E. Rees
Margaret Cavendish was the most extraordinary seventeenth-century Englishwoman, refusing to be silent when exiled by the Crowmellian regime, she fought to make her voice heard through her fascinating publications. –…
Anna Battigelli
Margaret Cavendish, duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673), led a dramatic life that brought her into contact with kings, queens, and the leading thinkers of her day.
David Bruce
This is a retelling of Margaret Cavendish's THE UNNATURAL TRAGEDY. This play has three plots: One: Monsieur FRERE pursues an incestuous relationship with his sister, Madame SOEUR. Two: The sociable…
Lara A. Dodds
Reassesses the literary invention of Margaret Cavendish – the use she makes of other writers, her own various forms of writing, and the ways in which she creates her own…
James Fitzmaurice
The second edition of Cavendish’s (1623-773) collection of 211 hilarious and rowdy letters addressed to Madam, first published in 1664 and unavailable since. They open a window into her time…
David Cunning
The Seventeenth-Century philosopher, scientist, poet, playwright, and novelist Margaret Cavendish went to battle with the great thinkers of her time, and arguably got the better of them in many cases…
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
This major contribution to the series of Cambridge Texts includes the first ever modern edition of the Divers Orations of Margaret Cavendish, together with a new rendition of her classic…
Margaret Cavendish was a remarkable polymath, and this collection brings together academics from a fittingly wide range of academic disciplines to examine each of her major works. A truly comprehensive…
But the old Gentleman, perceiving his neglect towards his Neece, and hearing of his Affections to that Lady, strove by all the Care and Industry he could to give her…
This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in…
The Blazing World is a satirical, utopian kingdom that can be accessed through the North Pole. A young woman enters this world, becomes the empress of a society composed of…
This is the description of The New Blazing World (1666) - one of the earliest pieces of science fiction writing. It attempts, in the manner of contemporary utopian fantasies, to…
Margaret Lucas Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was born in 1623 in Colchester, Essex into a family of comfortable means. As the youngest of eight children she spent much time with…
Margaret Lucas Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was born in 1623 in Colchester, Essex into a family of comfortable means.As the youngest of eight children she spent much time with her…
The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World, better known as The Blazing World, is a 1666 work of prose fiction by English writer Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of…
Brandie R. Siegfried,Lisa T. Sarasohn
Only recently have scholars begun to note Cavendish’s references to ‘God,’ ‘spirits,’ and the ‘rational soul,’ and little has been published in this regard. This volume addresses that scarcity by…
Lisa Walters
The first major study to link Cavendish’s political theory to her natural science, her literary texts and her understandings of gender, this book will be of interest to scholars and…
