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Margaret the First : A Biography of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, 1623-1673
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- Online
- Summary
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This biography is the first full-length study entirely devoted to the Duchess of Newcastle showing her metamorphosis from an imaginative, bashful child into a romantic public figure emerging as the...
This biography is the first full-length study entirely devoted to the Duchess of Newcastle showing her metamorphosis from an imaginative, bashful child into a romantic public figure emerging as the first woman writer of her times.
Details
- Creator
- Douglas Grant
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [1957]
- ©1957
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrations
- ISBNs
- 9781487596095, 148759920X, 9781487599201, 9781487597801, 148759609X, 1487597800
- OCLC
- on1385398456, on1004996181
- Includes index.
- In English.
- Cover; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; I: A Visit to London; II: Early Life; III: Civil War; IV: Escape to France; V: Sheba and Solomon; VI: The Poet and her Fancies; VII: The Diversions of Exile; VIII: The Voyage of Fancy; IX: Restoration; X: The Pursuit of Nature; XI: Champion of her Sex; XII: A Wise, Witty and Learned Lady; CHECK-LIST OF THE WORKS OF MARGARET CAVENDISH; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y