Margaret Cavendish

Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673) is unique among women writers of the seventeenth century in the scale of her output and in her aspiration to create a philosophical system. This edition presents Cavendish as a political author and Susan James includes two major texts the Orations and The Blazing World accompanied by the standard series features that enables students to gain a better understanding of one of the truly distinctive political voices of the early modern period.