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The Convent of Pleasure" and Other Plays

Paperback • 1999 • English

The Convent of Pleasure" and Other Plays

By Margaret Cavendish

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About the book

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673), until recently remembered more as a flamboyant eccentric than as a serious writer, was in fact the most prolific, thought-provoking, and original woman writer of the Restoration. Cavendish is the author of many poems, short stories, biographies, memoirs, letters, philosophical and scientific works (including The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing World, the first work of science fiction by a woman), and nineteen plays. "The Conve...Show more

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ISBN

9780801861000

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Published year

1999

Language

English

Original title

The Convent of Pleasure" and Other Plays

Format

Paperback

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