Margaret Cavendish Political Writings [Paperback]

The political writings of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle.Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623 1673) is unique among women writers of the seventeenth century both in the scale of her output and in her aspiration to create a philosophical system. This Cambridge Texts edition is the first to present Cavendish as a political author, and the distinguished philosopher Susan James presents two major texts, the Orations and The Blazing World, accompanied by the standard series features that will enable students to gain a better understanding of one of the truly distinctive political voices of the early modern period.Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623 1673) is unique among women writers of the seventeenth century both in the scale of her output and in her aspiration to create a philosophical system. This Cambridge Texts edition is the first to present Cavendish as a political author, and the distinguished philosopher Susan James presents two major texts, the Orations and The Blazing World, accompanied by the standard series features that will enable students to gain a better understanding of one of the truly distinctive political voices of the early modern period.Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673) is unique among women writers of the seventeenth century in the scale of her output and in her aspiration to create a philosophical system. This edition presents Cavendish as a political author, and Susan James includes two major texts, the Orations and The Blazing World, accompanied by the standard series features that enables students to gain a better understanding of one of the truly distinctive political voices of the early modern period.Preface; Introduction; Chronology of Margaret Cavendish; Further Reading; The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing World; Orations of Divers Sorts, Accommodated to Divers Places; Index. If we forget the myth of Mad Madge and actually read her, we find not so much muddle and inconsistlSs