Margaret Cavendish and the exiles of the mind

Margaret Cavendish and the exiles of the mind / Anna Battigelli.

"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 and her court to Paris."--BOOK JACKET. "From thi...

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Main Author: Battigelli, Anna, 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1998.
Series:Studies in the English Renaissance.
Subjects:
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, > Duchess of, > 1624?-1674 > Knowledge and learning.
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.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 17th century.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • App. A. Problems in the Dating of Margaret Lucas's Birth
  • App. B. The Letters of Margaret Lucas Addressed to William Cavendish.

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