Margaret Cavendish: Political Writings (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521633499)

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.

Author: Margaret Cavendish
ISBN-10: 0521633494
ISBN-13: 9780521633499
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/28/2003
Pages: 346
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.00d