The Blazing World and Other Writings
Download or Read eBook The Blazing World and Other Writings PDF written by Margaret Cavendish and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1994-03-31 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Margaret Cavendish |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 1994-03-31 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780141904825 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0141904828 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Blazing World and Other Writings by : Margaret Cavendish
Book excerpt: 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.
