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Mad Madge: Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, Royalist, Writer and Romantic

Katie Whitaker

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Description:Margaret Cavendish's life as a writer and noblewoman unfolded against the backdrop of the English Civil War and Restoration. Pursuing the only career open to women of her class, she became a lady-in-waiting to the Queen Henrietta Maria. Exiled to Paris with the Queen, she met and married William Cavendish, Marquis of Newcastle. In exile, Margaret did something unthinkable for a seventeenth-century Englishwoman: she lived proudly as a writer. Eventually she published twenty-three volumes, starting with "Poems and Fancies," the first book of English poetry published by a woman under her own name. But later generations too easily accepted the disparaging opinions of her shocked critics, and labeled her "Mad Madge of Newcastle.""Mad Madge" is both a lively biography of a fascinating woman and a window on a tumultuous cultural time.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mad Madge: Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, Royalist, Writer and Romantic. To get started finding Mad Madge: Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, Royalist, Writer and Romantic, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Margaret Cavendish's life as a writer and noblewoman unfolded against the backdrop of the English Civil War and Restoration. Pursuing the only career open to women of her class, she became a lady-in-waiting to the Queen Henrietta Maria. Exiled to Paris with the Queen, she met and married William Cavendish, Marquis of Newcastle. In exile, Margaret did something unthinkable for a seventeenth-century Englishwoman: she lived proudly as a writer. Eventually she published twenty-three volumes, starting with "Poems and Fancies," the first book of English poetry published by a woman under her own name. But later generations too easily accepted the disparaging opinions of her shocked critics, and labeled her "Mad Madge of Newcastle.""Mad Madge" is both a lively biography of a fascinating woman and a window on a tumultuous cultural time.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mad Madge: Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, Royalist, Writer and Romantic. To get started finding Mad Madge: Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, Royalist, Writer and Romantic, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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