The Blazing World (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

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Margaret Cavendish

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Hardback

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The Blazing World is a fanciful depiction of a satirical, utopian kingdom in another world that can be accessed through the North Pole. A young woman enters this other world, becomes the empress of a society composed of various species of talking animals, and organizes an invasion back into her world. The Empress asserts that a peaceful society can only be attained through a lack of societal divisions. Only an absolute sovereignty can maintain social unity and stability because the reliance on one authority eliminates separations of power. The Blazing World was originally published as a companion piece to Cavendish's Observations upon Experimental Philosophy. Advances in the field of science and philosophy in the early modern period had a huge influence on Cavendish and were a major component in her work. Cavendish wrote The Blazing World in 1666, a time when utopian literature was dominated by men. She used the genre to discuss feminist issues like female authority and autonomy. The Blazing World gave Cavendish an opportunity to explore ideas that directly conflicted with those in her nonfiction writing This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket.

Author Biography:

Margaret Cavendish (1623 - 15 December 1673) was an English aristocrat, philosopher, poet, scientist, fiction-writer, and playwright during the 17th century. She is praised for writing under her own name at a time when most women writers published anonymously. Her writing addressed a number of topics, including gender, power, manners, scientific method, and philosophy. She was the first woman to attend a meeting at the Royal Society of London in 1667, and she criticized and engaged with members and philosophers Thomas Hobbes, René Descartes, and Robert Boyle. She has been claimed as an advocate for animals and as an early opponent of animal testing.

Release date Australia

October 10th, 2021

Author

Margaret Cavendish

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

Dimensions

152x229x10

ISBN-13

9781774765104

Product ID

35317209

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