Margaret Cavendish, The Duchess of Newcastle

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International Margaret Cavendish Society: http://internationalmargaretcavendishsociety.org/

Margaret (Lucas) Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673): http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/cavendish/

Oregon State University: http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/cavendish.html

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Cavendish,_Duchess_of_Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Read The Blazing World Online: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/newcastle/blazing/blazing.html

 

 

Sources and Works Cited

Bowerbank, Sylvia, and Sara Mendleson. Paper Bodies, A Margaret Cavendish Reader. New York: Broadview Press, 2000. 1-350. Print.
*Note: The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish is included in Paper Bodies

Pacheco, Anita. Early Women Writers. New York: Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1998. 1-296. Print.

Holmesland, Oddvar. "Margaret Cavendish's "The Blazing World": Natural Art and the Body Politic." Studies in Philolog y 96.4 (1999): 457-479. Web.0 7 Nov 2009.

Thell, Anne. "The Power of Transport, The Transport of Power: Margaret Cavendish's Blazing World." Women's Studies 37.5 (2007): 1-17. Web. 06 Nov 2009.

Sarasohn, Lisa. "A Science Turned Upside Down: Feminism and the Natural Philosophy of Margaret Cavendish." Huntingtion Library Quarterly 47.4 (1984): 289-307. Web. 11 Nov 2009.

Fitzmaurice, James. "Fancy and The Family: Self-Characterizations of Margaret Cavendish." Huntington Library Quarterly 53.3 (1990): 198-209. Web. 07 Nov 2009.

Uzgalis, Bill. "Margaret Lucas Cavendish (1623-74)." The History of Western Philosophy. Sep 2003. Oregon State University, Web. 23 Nov 2009. <http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/cavendish.html>

"Margaret Cavendish." The Margaret Cavendish Society Website. International Margaret Cavendish Society, Web. 23 Nov 2009. <http://www.internationalmargaretcavendishsociety.org/>.

Jokinen, Anniina. "Margaret Lucas Cavendish: Duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673)." 08 Jun 2006. Luminarium, Web. 23 Nov 2009. <http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/cavendish/>.

Flewelling, Courtenay. "Margaret Cavendish." Tripod. Web. 23 Nov 2009. <http://mcavendish.tripod.com/>.