The Blazing World
Published in 1666, The Blazing World stands as one of the first Western works of Science Fiction. In its assertion that all animal flesh is made of rational matter (including that of the female body) Margaret Cavendish wrote the only 17th century text of its kind - a book of gendered natural philosophy.Caught in frost at the North Pole, Cavendish tells the story of a woman who is saved by crossing over from our world, to a whole new Utopia. Amongst gems and stars she finds a city of half-human half-beast scientists. Worm- Men, Bear-Men, Bird-Men and Fish-Men welcome her to their land. Together they toil in their investigations, describing Nat…
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- ISBN: 978-0-648-59520-5
- EAN: 9780648595205
- Produktnummer: 33276696
- Verlag: Formling
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 134 S.
- Masse: H18.8 cm x B11.8 cm x D1.2 cm 140 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 140
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