Margaret the First: A Biography of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, 1623-1673

Douglas Grant

Published by University of Toronto Press 1957

Margaret the First

A Biography of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, 1623-1673

Douglas Grant

In the series Heritage

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487596095

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About this book

This biography is the first full-length study entirely devoted to the Duchess of Newcastle showing her metamorphosis from an imaginative, bashful child into a romantic public figure emerging as the first woman writer of her times.

Author / Editor information

Grant Douglas :

Douglas Grant (1921-1969) was a professor of American literature at the University of Leeds.

Reviews

The Times:
"It is refreshing to pass a few hours with so original a figure; and this Mr. Grant enables us very pleasantly to do in his humane and well-documented study."

Harold Nicolson:
"Mr. Douglas Grant has drawn a full-length portrait of this eccentric. It is an excellent survey, in which narrative is skillfully blended with commentary and sympathy with sense."

Times Literary Supplement:
"...compiled with sympathetic and attentive care for Margaret's life and writings...a full and thoughtful picture."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	8
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
I. A Visit to London Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
II. Early Life Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
III. Civil War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
IV. Escape to France Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
V. Sheba and Solomon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
VI. The Poet and Her Fancies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
VII. The Diversions of Exile Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
VIII. The Voyage of Fancy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
IX. Restoration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
X. The Pursuit of Nature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
XI. Champion of her Sex Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
XII. A Wise, Witty and Learned Lady Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
Check-List Of The Works Of Margaret Cavendish Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Copyright year: 1957
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 272
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 4
- Other: glossy B&W plates throughout

eBook

Published: December 15, 1957
ISBN: 9781487596095