Author

Publication

2014 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

66,000 words, Guess

Page Count

264 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781107066434
  • ISBN-101107066433
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014012755
  • OCLC Control Number876833484
  • Better World Books9781107066434
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Classifications

  • LCCPR3605.N2 Z93 2014

Description

It is often thought that the numerous contradictory perspectives in Margaret Cavendish's writings demonstrate her inability to reconcile her feminism with her conservative, royalist politics. In this book Lisa Walters challenges this view and demonstrates that Cavendish's ideas more closely resemble republican thought, and that her methodology is the foundation for subversive political, scientific and gender theories. With an interdisciplinary focus Walters closely examines Cavendish's work and its context, providing the reader with an enriched understanding of women's contribution to early modern scientific theory, political philosophy, culture and folklore. Considering also Cavendish's ideas in relation to Hobbes and Paracelsus, this volume is of great interest to scholars and students of literature, philosophy, history of ideas, political theory, gender studies and history of science. -- Provided by publisher.

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  • Margaret Cavendish: Gender, Science and PoliticsCambridge University Press2014-01-01
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