Margaret Cavendish
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Margaret Cavendish
Margaret Cavendish

Margaret Cavendish

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Emma Rees (Author)  

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Margaret Cavendish was one of the most prolific, complex and misunderstood writers of the seventeenth century. A contemporary of Descartes and Hobbes, she was fascinated by philosophical, scientific and imaginative advances, and struggled to overcome the political and cultural obstacles which threatened to stop her engagement with such discourses. Emma Rees examines how Cavendish engaged with the work of thinkers such as Lucretius, Plato, Homer and Harvey in an attempt to write her way out of the exile which threatened not only her intellectual pursuits but her very existence. What emerges is the image of an intelligent, audacious and intrepid early modern woman whose tale will appeal to specialists and general readers alike. -- .
Emma L. E. Rees is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Chester College -- .
  • Contributor: Emma Rees
  • Imprint: Manchester University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780719099328
  • Number of Pages: 224
  • Packaged Dimensions: 138x216mm
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
  • Release Date: 2015-07-01
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Emma L. E. Rees is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Chester College -- .

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