The Blazing World and Other Writings
$35.31
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
5 November 2025
Summary
Beyond the Blazing World: Discover the Visionary Writings of Margaret Cavendish
‘I had rather die in the adventure of noble achievements, than live in obscure and sluggish security.’
Margaret Cavendish, a diverse, prolific, and maverick intellectual of her time, is celebrated for her critiques of early modern cultural and philosophical beliefs. As the first British woman to publish philosophical treatises, she also immersed herself in literature, writing in nearly every avai…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192862907 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0192862901 |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
| Author: | Margaret Cavendish, Lisa Walters |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 5 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 323g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm |
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About The Author
Margaret Cavendish
Lisa Walters is Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland. She is the author of Margaret Cavendish: Gender, Science and Politics (2014) and co-editor of Margaret Cavendish: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (2022). Dr Walters is also one of the joint editors of the Restoration section of the Palgrave Encyclopedia of Early Modern Women’s Writing.
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