Margaret Cavendish

Penguin Classics Blazing World And Other Writings

Penguin 1994 Paperback, 272pp. Flamboyant, theatrical and ambitious, Margaret Cavendish was one of the seventeenth century's most striking figures - a woman who ventured into the male spheres of politics, science, philosophy and literature. The Blazing World is a highly original work: part Utopian fiction, part feminist text, it tells of a Lady shipwrecked on the Blazing World where she is made Empress and uses her power to ensure that it is free of war, religious division and unfair sexual discrimination. This volume also includes The Contract, a romance in which love and law work harmoniously together, and Assaulted and Pursued Chastity, which explores the power and freedom a woman can achieve in the disguise of a man. In her introduction, Kate Lilley place these writings in the context of Cavendish's extraordinary life and discusses the roles of women in these texts. This updated edition includes a chronology, revised notes and a new bibliography. (ISBN: 9780140433722). Good.

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William Cavendish; Margaret Lucas; Douglas Grant [ed.]

The Phanseys of William Cavendish Marquis of Newcastle Addressed to Margaret Lucas and Her Letters in Reply

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1956. First edition. Hardback. A handsome limited edition of William Cavendish's poems addressed to his wife Margaret Lucas, and her letters in reply. The first edition of this work, limited to 785 copies, this copy being number 270.In the publisher's original decorative paper vellum binding. In the publisher's original decorative paper vellum. With the original glassine.Including William Cavendish's poems addressed to his wife Margaret Lucas, and her letters in reply. Edited by Douglas Grant. Cavendish was an English courtier and supporter of the arts, as well as being a renowned horse breeder and patron of the intellectual group, the Welbeck Circle. Lucas was a prolific English philosopher, poet and fiction writer, with many of her works becoming well known due to her high social status. She published under her own name at a time when most women writers remained anonymous and used her works to advocate women's education. In the publisher's original decorative paper vellum binding. Externally, very smart, with sunning to the spine and slight shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound with only the odd spot, otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 946Y44

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: The Phanseys of William Cavendish Marquis of Newcastle Margaret Lucas Douglas Grant Poetry Margaret Lucas None

William Cavendish; Margaret Lucas; Douglas Grant [ed.]

The Phanseys of William Cavendish Marquis of Newcastle Addressed to Margaret Lucas and Her Letters in Reply

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1956. First edition. Hardback. A pleasing limited edition of William Cavendish's poems addressed to his wife Margaret Lucas, and her letters in reply. The first edition of this work, limited to 785 copies, this copy being number 250. In the publisher's original decorative paper vellum. With the original glassine.Including William Cavendish's poems addressed to his wife Margaret Lucas, and her letters in reply. Edited by Douglas Grant. Cavendish was an English courtier and supporter of the arts, as well as being a renowned horse breeder and patron of the intellectual group, the Welbeck Circle. Lucas was a prolific English philosopher, poet and fiction writer, with many of her works becoming well known due to her high social status. She published under her own name at a time when most women writers remained anonymous.  In the publisher's original decorative paper vellum binding. Externally, very smart, with sunning to the spine and board edges. With minor shelf wear to the spine head and tail. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 946Y43

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: The Phanseys of William Cavendish Marquis of Newcastle Letters Margaret Lucas Douglas Grant Letters None

Margaret Cavendish

Poems and Fancies 1653

Yorkshire, Scolar Press, 1972. Cloth. A very smart facsimile copy of this collection of poetry and writings from English writer Margaret Cavendish. Facsimile edition. A collection of poems, epistles and some prose on topics including: natural philosophy, atoms, nature personified, other worlds, death, battle, hunting, love, honour and fame. Cavendish's writings took the form of poetical fiction, moral instruction, philosophical opinion, dialogue, discourses and poetical romances. This collection includes The Animal Parliament, a prose piece consisting largely of speeches and letters. Written by Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a prolific English philosopher, poet, scientist, fiction writer and playwright. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .

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Book number: 932T14

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poems Fancies Cavendish Fancies None