Margaret Cavendish

by James Fitzmaurice (Editor)

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Genres: Essays, Classics

260 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1664

Reviews

[Bettie]

to hunt down.



Mainly written in Bolsover Castle

[Madelyn Strauss · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think this was a very interesting section of letters. I think Cavendish had a lot of interesting things to say about different aspects of society and domesticity. I think Cavendish was an expert comentator about different aspects of society, definitely in the veins of Jane Austen or Mary Wollstonecraft, Cavendish had a master skill in poking fun at and critiquing the areas of society that were so wild, and outlandish. I think she also did a great job at poking fun at women along with sociatal customs, because then she was able to be taken more seriously. I know it's backwards. But if she critiqued women along with society, then she wouldn't have been so easily silenced.
I thought this was an interesting critique and book. However, as it isn't fiction I don't think it could get a four or five stars from me. Her writing was pretty nice though. I would like to read more from her in the future.