Pure Wit: The Revolutionary Life Of Margaret Cavendish Francesca Peacock Apollo Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

\ Puts Cavendish Back Into The Literary History Books Where She Belongs\ Kate Mosse\ Scholarly Articulate And Never Less Than Fascinating\ Alice Loxton\ Well-Written Well-Researched Interesting Peppy Observera Biography Of Remarkable In Her Time Scandalous Seventeenth-Century Writer Margaret Duchess Newcastle ‘My Ambition Is Not Only To Be Empress But Authoress A Whole World ’Margaret Then Lucas Was Born 1623 Wealthy Family 1644 As England Descended Civil War Joined Court Formidable Queen Henrietta Maria At Oxford Before Following Exile France It There That Met Much Older Lifelong Partner William Marquess Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Revolutionary When Literature Dominated By Men Wrote Passionately On Gender Science Philosophy Defied Convention Publishing Under Own Name Advocated For Women Work Predates Feminist Movement 1666 Published Blazing Brilliant Trail-Blazing Proto-Novel Thought One Earliest Works Fiction Legacy Divides Opinion Has Largely Forgotten Pure Wit Francesca Peacock Shines Spotlight Fascinating Pioneering Yet Often Complex Controversial Life Σελίδες: 384 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0103 Διαστάσεις: 15 3X15 3Cm