| Margaret Cavendish Contributor(s): Cavendish, Margaret (Author), Robbins, Michael (Introduction by), Robbins, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1681371588 ISBN-13: 9781681371580 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Political Science | Reference |
| Dewey: 821.4 |
| LCCN: 2018036779 |
| Lexile Measure: 1250 |
| Series: Nyrb Poets |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.4" W x 6.9" (0.30 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An eclectic collection of poetry by one of 17th century England's boldest, smartest, and independent women. Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was a groundbreaking writer--a utopian visionary, a scientist, a science-fiction pioneer. She moved in philosophical circles that included Thomas Hobbes and Ren Descartes, and she produced startlingly modern poems unlike anything published in the seventeenth century or since, at once scientific and visionary, full of feminist passion and deep sympathy with the nonhuman world. In recent years, Cavendish has found many new admirers, and this selection of her verse by Michael Robbins is an ideal introduction to her singular poetic world. |