Margaret the First : : A Biography of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, 1623-1673 /

Margaret the First : : A Biography of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, 1623-1673 / / Douglas Grant.

Margaret Cavendish was one of the most original, loveable and eccentric of women writers. Pepys called her "mad, ridiculous, and conceited" but when she paid her famous visit to London in 1667 he ran all over town to see her. And many of her other contemporaries were no less fascinated. Po...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Grant, Douglas,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1957
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; glossy B&W plates throughout
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • I. A Visit to London
  • II. Early Life
  • III. Civil War
  • IV. Escape to France
  • V. Sheba and Solomon
  • VI. The Poet and Her Fancies
  • VII. The Diversions of Exile
  • VIII. The Voyage of Fancy
  • IX. Restoration
  • X. The Pursuit of Nature
  • XI. Champion of her Sex
  • XII. A Wise, Witty and Learned Lady
  • Check-List Of The Works Of Margaret Cavendish
  • Index

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