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Lisa Walters - Margaret Cavendish, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

Margaret Cavendish

Gender, Science and Politics

Av Lisa Walters

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Beskrivning
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.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2014-08-28
  • Mått: 160 x 235 x 20 mm
  • Vikt: 510 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 264
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9781107066434
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Lisa Walters is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Ghent. Her research interests include the intersections between early modern literature, the history of science, philosophy and gender studies. She has published articles on Margaret Cavendish and Shakespeare in journals including Early Modern Literary Studies and Women's Writing. She is also President of the International Margaret Cavendish Society.

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'This book admirably demonstrates that Cavendish was a sophisticated thinker who actively engaged with, and fearlessly challenged, the dominant political and scientific ideas of her time. Walters' text is the result of much painstaking research and careful analysis – it will undoubtedly convince readers that Cavendish's philosophical vision was even more radical than previously thought.' Jacqueline Broad, Monash University, Victoria

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