Margaret Cavendish and the Exiles of the Mind.

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Margaret Cavendish, duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673), led a dramatic life that brought her into contact with kings, queens, and the leading thinkers of her day. The English civil wars forced her into exile, accompanying Queen Henrietta Maria and her court to Paris. From this vantage point, she began...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Battigelli, Anna, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Series:Studies in the English Renaissance.
Subjects:
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, > Duchess of, > 1624?-1674 > Knowledge and learning.
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, > Duchess of, > 1624?-1674
1600-1699
Women and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Royalists > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
British > Europe > History > 17th century.
Exiles > Europe > History > 17th century.
Exiles in literature.
Renaissance > England.
Femmes et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Royalistes > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Britanniques > Europe > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Renaissance > Angleterre.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
British
Exiles
Exiles in literature
Intellectual life
Learning and scholarship
Renaissance
Royalists
Women and literature
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siècle.
England
Europe
Great Britain
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Note on Dates, Spelling, Editions, and Titles; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: The Writing Life; 2. A Strange Enchantment: ""The Wooing of the Mind"" at the Court of Henrietta Maria; 3. World and Mind in Conflict: Cavendish's Review of the New Atomism; 4. ""No House But My Mind"": Cavendish's Hobbesian Dilemma; 5. Rationalism versus Experimentalism: Cavendish's Satire of the Royal Society; 6. Conclusion: The Exiles of the Mind; Appendix A: Problems in the Dating of Margaret Lucas's Birth.
  • Appendix B: The Letters of Margaret Lucas Addressed to William CavendishNotes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; Z; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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