{"product_id":"9781551111735","title":"Paper Bodies: A Margaret Cavendish Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003eMargaret 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, \u003cb\u003eThe Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World\u003c\/b\u003e (1666), a unique tale of a woman travelling through the north pole to a strange new world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to \u003cb\u003eThe Blazing World\u003c\/b\u003e, this volume includes Cavendish’s brief autobiography, \u003cb\u003eA True Relation of My Birth, Breeding and Life\u003c\/b\u003e (1667), her play\u003cb\u003e The Convent of Pleasure\u003c\/b\u003e, and selections from her \u003cb\u003eSociable Letters\u003c\/b\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053720649968,"sku":"9781551111735","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781551111735_p0.jpg?v=1763752528","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781551111735","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}