The Blazing World and Other Writings (Paperback, New ed)

Flamboyant, theatrical, exuding ambiguous sexuality, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, was one of the seventeeth century's most striking figures, experimental in her personality as much as in her prolific writings. Both 'The Contract' and 'Assaulted and Pursued Chastity' (from Nature's Pictures, 1656) are romances which play out the empowering possibilities of disguise or masking for women. The centrepiece of this collection is The Blazing World, the only known Utopian fiction by a seventeenth century woman writer, an inventive and extravagant portrayal of the rise of a woman to absolute power.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 1994
First published:	October 1994
Authors:	Margaret Cavendish
Introduction by:	Kate Lilley
Notes by:	Kate Lilley
Dimensions:	195 x 130 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	272
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-043372-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Science fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Fantasy Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	0-14-043372-4
Barcode:	9780140433722

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