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Margaret Cavendish - Gender, Science and Politics

English · Paperback / Softback

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

List of contents










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.

About the author

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.

Summary

The first major study to link Cavendish's political theory to her natural science, her literary texts and her understandings of gender, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of early modern literature, philosophy, science, politics and gender studies.

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