The Blazing World by Cavendish, Margaret

The Blazing World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781545378618)

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The Blazing World by Cavendish, Margaret

The Blazing World

$6.25
The Blazing World by Cavendish, Margaret

The Blazing World

$6.25
Format: Paperback
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The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World, better known as The Blazing World, is a 1666 work of prose fiction by the English writer Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle. Feminist critic Dale Spender calls it a forerunner of science fiction. It can also be read in the context of utopias As its full title suggests, Blazing World is a fanciful depiction of a satirical, utopian kingdom in another world that can be reached via the North Pole. It is "the only known work of utopian fiction by a woman in the 17th century, as well as one of the earliest examples of what we now call 'science fiction' - although it is also a romance, an adventure story, and even autobiography."

Author: Margaret Cavendish
ISBN-10: 1545378614
ISBN-13: 9781545378618
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/15/2017
Pages: 104
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d
By Margaret Cavendish
By Margaret Cavendish
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Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was an English aristocrat, a prolific writer, and a scientist. Her writing addressed a number of topics, including gender, power, manners, scientific method, and philosophy. Her utopian romance, The Blazing World, is one of the earliest examples of science fiction. She is singular in having published extensively in natural philosophy and early modern science. She published over a dozen original works; inclusion of her revised works brings her total number of publications to twenty one.

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