{"product_id":"paper-bodies-a-margaret-cavendish-reader-paperback","title":"Paper Bodies: A Margaret Cavendish Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargaret Cavendish\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSylvia Bowerbank\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSara Mendelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003ePaper Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e gathers together important and representative selections from the poetry, fiction, prefaces, and letters of Margaret Cavendish. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Margaret Cavendish was one of the most subversive and entertaining writers of the seventeenth century. She invented new genres, challenged gender roles, and critiqued the new science as well as the mores of society. \"Paper Bodies\" was the wonderful phrase she used to described her manuscripts, which she hoped would continue to make \"a great Blazing Light\" after her death. There are connections here to Cavendish's most famous work, \u003cem\u003eThe Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World\u003c\/em\u003e (1666), a unique tale of a woman travelling through the north pole to a strange new world. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e In addition to \u003cem\u003eThe Blazing World\u003c\/em\u003e, this volume includes Cavendish's brief autobiography, \u003cem\u003eA True Relation of My Birth, Breeding and Life\u003c\/em\u003e (1667), her play\u003cem\u003e The Convent of Pleasure\u003c\/em\u003e, and selections from her \u003cem\u003eSociable Letters\u003c\/em\u003e, her poetry, and her critical writings. A variety of background documents by other seventeenth-century writers helps to set her work in context for the modern reader. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSylvia Bowerbank\u003c\/strong\u003e holds a joint apointment in the Arts and Science Programme and the English Department at McMaster University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSara Mendelson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a historian who teaches in the Arts and Science Programme at McMaster University. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 332\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47336842658041,"sku":"9781551111735","price":55.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/uih5yADUZC9781551111735.webp?v=1769671385","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/paper-bodies-a-margaret-cavendish-reader-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}