Lisa Walters

Margaret Cavendish

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Produktbeschreibung

Exploring connections between Cavendish's science, literature, and politics, Walters challenges the view that Cavendish's thought was characterised by conservative royalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 150mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781107066434
• ISBN-10: 1107066433
• Artikelnr.: 41079084

Autorenporträt

Lisa Walters is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Ghent. Her research interests include the intersections between early modern literature, the history of science, philosophy and gender studies. She has published articles on Margaret Cavendish and Shakespeare in journals including Early Modern Literary Studies and Women's Writing. She is also President of the International Margaret Cavendish Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Redefining gender in Cavendish's theory of matter
2. Margaret Cavendish's fusion of Renaissance science, magic and fairy lore
3. The politics of free will in The Blazing World: Hobbes, Paracelsus and absolute rule
4. Margaret Cavendish the republican? Revolution and gender in Cavendish's romances
Select bibliography
Index.