{"product_id":"the-description-of-a-new-world-called-the-blazing-world-paperback-4","title":"The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargaret Cavendish\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSara Mendelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eBlazing World\u003c\/em\u003e is both a landmark of speculative fiction and an important work of early modern philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e First published in 1666, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle's \u003cem\u003eDescription of a New World, Called the Blazing World\u003c\/em\u003e is the first fictional portrayal of women and the new science. In \u003cem\u003eBlazing World\u003c\/em\u003e, Cavendish depicts her heroine, the Empress, in multiple roles. The Empress is leader of a dreamlike utopian world reachable through the North Pole, filled with talking animals and intelligent hybrid creatures. She establishes a royal society of scientists, initiates learned conferences, interrogates existing knowledge, and spends her days speculating on natural philosophy. She also forms a lively intellectual collaboration with the \"Duchess of Newcastle,\" a female character summoned from Earth. A companion volume to Cavendish's important \u003cem\u003eObservations upon Experimental Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlazing World\u003c\/em\u003e is the first science-fiction novel known to have been written and published by a woman, and represents a pioneering female scientific utopia. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This Broadview Edition includes related historical materials on the new science and Cavendish's role in the intellectual world of her time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSara H. Mendelson\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches in the Arts and Science program at McMaster University. She is the co-editor, with the late Sylvia Bowerbank, of Broadview's \u003cem\u003ePaper Bodies: A Margaret Cavendish Reader\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42167463346311,"sku":"9781554812424","price":37.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/eb54c85b9e210a06fa75e85cc4964d51.webp?v=1733327831","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-description-of-a-new-world-called-the-blazing-world-paperback-4","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}