Margaret Cavendish and the Exiles of the Mind |
Contents
Introduction The Writing Life | 1 |
A Strange Enchantment The Wooing of the Mind at the Court of Henrietta Maria | 11 |
World and Mind in Conflict Cavendishs Review of the New Atomism | 39 |
No House But My Mind Cavendishs Hobbesian Dilemma | 62 |
Rationalism versus Experimentalism Cavendishs Satire of the Royal Society | 85 |
Conclusion The Exiles of the Mind | 114 |
Problems in the Dating of Margaret Lucass Birth | 117 |
The Letters of Margaret Lucas Addressed to William Cavendish | 119 |
Notes | 133 |
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Promethean Ambitions: Alchemy and the Quest to Perfect Nature William R. Newman No preview available - 2004 |
A Princely Brave Woman: Essays on Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle Stephen Clucas No preview available - 2003 |