Margaret Lucas Cavendish, first Duchess of Newcastle, remains one of the most remarkable authors of the mid seventeenth century. Praised by the influential philosophers and university faculty of her day, ridiculed by contemporary literati and later...

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, was a prolific writer who worked in many genres, including poetry, fiction, drama, letters, biography, science, and even science fiction. Unlike most women of her day, who wrote anonymously, she published her...

One of the most prolific women writers in seventeenth-century England, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, published poems, plays, prose romances, science fiction, philosophical treatises, and a biography. She even wrote an autobiography, A True...

Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673) was one of the first prolific female science writers. As the author of approximately 14 scientific or quasi-scientific books, she helped to popularize some of the most important ideas of the scientific revolution,...

Margaret Cavendish was one of the first prolific female science writers. As the author of approximately 14 scientific or quasi-scientific books, she helped to popularize some of the most important ideas of the scientific revolution, including the...