Margaret Cavendish
Sociable Letters
Seiten
1996
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-8153-2451-5 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-8153-2451-5 (ISBN)
The second edition of Cavendish's (1623-773) collection of 211 hilarious and rowdy letters addressed to Madam, first published in 1664 and unavailable since. They open a window into her time with a blend of the comic, the ironic, and the serious. She comments on Shakespeare's plays, food, home reme
Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673), Duchess of Newcastle and one of the best-known women writers of the her time, is enjoying a revival in the wake of Aphra Behn's canonization: She appears in the Norton Anthology of English Literature , her poetry will appear in a new edition, and Penguin has recently reprinted her science-fiction novel The Blazing World . This is an edition of her hilarious and rowdy letters, unavailable since their original publication in 1664
Margaret Cavendish: Sociable Letters is a window into the world of 17th-century marriage and daily life displaying a pleasing blend of the comic, the ironic, and the serious. Along the way, the author provides us with the first detailed criticism of Shakespeare's plays, which she defends against the Restoration distaste for low characters. She also comments on food, home remedies, the English Civil Wars, religious fanaticism, street entertainers, churchgoing as a way to find a husband, and winter sports
This edition offers a full introduction to Cavendish's life and works, a bibliography, and detailed notes, and takes account of hand-corrections made at the author's behest
Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673), Duchess of Newcastle and one of the best-known women writers of the her time, is enjoying a revival in the wake of Aphra Behn's canonization: She appears in the Norton Anthology of English Literature , her poetry will appear in a new edition, and Penguin has recently reprinted her science-fiction novel The Blazing World . This is an edition of her hilarious and rowdy letters, unavailable since their original publication in 1664
Margaret Cavendish: Sociable Letters is a window into the world of 17th-century marriage and daily life displaying a pleasing blend of the comic, the ironic, and the serious. Along the way, the author provides us with the first detailed criticism of Shakespeare's plays, which she defends against the Restoration distaste for low characters. She also comments on food, home remedies, the English Civil Wars, religious fanaticism, street entertainers, churchgoing as a way to find a husband, and winter sports
This edition offers a full introduction to Cavendish's life and works, a bibliography, and detailed notes, and takes account of hand-corrections made at the author's behest
James Fitzmaurice
Chapter 1 Detail from an etching of Margaret Cavendish printed with the kind permisson of the Fellows and Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University.;
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.12.1996 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Garland Studies in the Renaissance |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 640 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8153-2451-0 / 0815324510 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8153-2451-5 / 9780815324515 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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