Margaret Cavendish
The Description of a New World called The Blazing-World
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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 r…
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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.
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- ISBN: 978-1-5154-2415-4
- EAN: 9781515424154
- Produktnummer: 34644376
- Verlag: Fantastic Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 108 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.0 cm 321 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 321
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