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Mad Madge : the extraordinary life of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, the first woman to live by her pen / Katie Whitaker.
Van Pelt Library PR3605.N2 Z95 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitaker, Katie, 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.
- Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish.
- Women and literature--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- Women and literature.
- British.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Authors, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Biography.
- Authors, English.
- Europe.
- British--Europe--History--17th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2002]
- Contents:
- The Lucases of St. John's
- Childhood ambitions, 1623-1642
- The coming of war, 1642
- A lady at court, 1643-1645
- The marquess and the queen, 1645
- Parisian wife, 1646-1648
- Dutch scholar, 1648-1651
- Poet and petitioner, 1651-1653
- Writer in exile, 1653-1655
- Satirist and storyteller, 1655-1658
- Restoration, 1658-1662
- Revisions and controversies, 1663-1667
- The talk of the town, 1667
- Queen of philosophers, 1667-1673
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [393]-406) and index.
- ISBN:
- 046509161X
- OCLC:
- 50006494
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