The Blazing World Margaret Cavendish, , Cavendish Margaret
Автор: Margaret Cavendish Название: The Blazing World and Other Writings ISBN: 0140433724 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140433722 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1319.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is the description of "The New Blazing World" (1666) - one of the earliest pieces of science fiction writing. It attempts, in the manner of contemporary utopian fantasies, to tell the story of a voyage to another world where speculative science reigns.
Автор: Lady Margaret Lucas Cavendish, Cavendish Название: Description of a new world, called the blazing-world ISBN: 9187611201 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789187611209 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3313.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A remarkable proto-science fiction story from 1666, which also bear striking resemblances with modern fantasy.
Автор: Cavendish, Margaret Название: Margaret Cavendish ISBN: 1681371588 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781681371580 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1471.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An eclectic collection of poetry by one of 17th century England's boldest, smartest, and independent women. Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was a groundbreaking writer--a utopian visionary, a scientist, a science-fiction pioneer. She moved in philosophical circles that included Thomas Hobbes and Ren Descartes, and she produced startlingly modern poems unlike anything published in the seventeenth century or since, at once scientific and visionary, full of feminist passion and deep sympathy with the nonhuman world. In recent years, Cavendish has found many new admirers, and this selection of her verse by Michael Robbins is an ideal introduction to her singular poetic world.
Автор: Cavendish Margaret Название: The Blazing World ISBN: 151326902X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781513269023 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 964.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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When a young woman is shipwrecked in the kingdom of the Blazing World, she befriends the natives, a highly intelligent and tolerant group of humanoid animals. With the help of the locals, the woman becomes the Empress of the island, and leads the Blazing World into a society of peace, equality, and understanding.
Margaret Cavendish's The Blazing World explores hot-button topics and themes, bringing a perspective that is still fresh modern-day. With imaginative and gripping prose, Cavendish advocates for philosophy over the material world, becoming a pioneer and strong advocate for peace, animals' rights, feminism, and equality. Her work is considered innovative not only for the exploration of these topics, but also for the invention of a genre.
This edition of The Blazing World is printed in a modern font and redesigned with a striking new cover, bringing Cavendish's trailblazing literature into the 21st century.
Автор: Cavendish Margaret Название: The Contract ISBN: 1169205674 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781169205673 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 6244.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Cavendish Margaret Название: The Description of a New World called The Blazing-World ISBN: 1515424154 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781515424154 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2930.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The Blazing-World is a fanciful depiction of a utopian kingdom in another world that can be reached via the North Pole. It may be "the only known work of utopian fiction by a woman in the 17th century." It can also easily be placed in the genres of science fiction, romance, adventure, and possibly even autobiography.
In the book, a young woman enters this other world, and becomes the empress of a society composed of various species of talking animals. She organizes an invasion of her home world, complete with submarines towed by fish-men and fire-stones dropped by bird-men.
Cavendish's utopia comes about, at least in part, due to having "but one religion, one language, and one government." Originally published as a companion piece to her Observations upon Experimental Philosophy, it gave life to her theorizing in what was an example of rigorous 17th-century science.
This book inspired the author's husband, William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to write a sonnet which celebrates her imaginative powers. That sonnet was included in her book, and prefaces this edition.
Автор: Cavendish Margaret Название: The Convent of Pleasure ISBN: 0692654623 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780692654620 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2585.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Margaret Lucas Cavendish, duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673), began her literary career in 1653, with the publication of a volume of her poems and another of her "philosophical fancies." Her writing continued at a hectic pace for nearly two decades. She did not limit herself to the genres considered "acceptable" for those few women who dared to publish in the late seventeenth century; instead, she wrote philosophical and scientific works, a utopian romance that has often been called the first work of science fiction in English, a biography of her husband, and her own autobiography. She also published two collections of dramatic works: the first of these, Plays, appeared in 1662, the second, Plays, Never before Printed, in 1668.Cavendish was keenly aware that her comedies and tragedies were unlikely to be acted, at least in her lifetime, but that did not deter her. "To those that do delight in scenes and wit / I dedicate my book," she writes in a brief poem at the beginning of Plays. She continues, "For all the time my plays a-making were, / My brain the stage, my thoughts were acting there."Today the most widely read of Cavendish's plays is The Convent of Pleasure, from Plays, Never before Printed. In this provocative comedy, Cavendish presents us with the delightful Lady Happy, whose determined efforts to avoid the pains of men and marriage lead her to construct a convent where women can devote themselves to enjoying life's pleasures. The women who retreat with her into the Convent of Pleasure are determined to avoid not only the dangers of men and marriage but also of childbirth and motherhood. Even so, they will not deny themselves the pleasures of love. Inside her convent, Lady Happy dares to imagine a radical alternative to marriage: since men and marriage cause only pain and suffering, perhaps a woman can fulfill her emotional and sexual desires with another woman. When she finds her soul's mate in a princess (rather than a prince), Lady Happy poses a critical question to herself and to us: "But why may not I love a woman with the same affection I could a man?"This Saltar's Point Press edition, designed for classroom use, provides readers with an ample introduction to Cavendish's life and work, a carefully modernized and well-presented text, helpful glosses and notes, a bibliography with references for further reading, and a chronology of Cavendish's published work.
Автор: Cavendish Margaret Название: The Description of a New World called The Blazing-World ISBN: 1515424162 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781515424161 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1205.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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