Companion to the Cavendishes / edited by Lisa Hopkins, Tom Rutter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hopkins, Lisa, editor.

Rutter, Tom, editor.

Series:

Arc Companions Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2020.

Summary:

"The noble Cavendishes were one of the most influential families in the politics and culture of early modern England and beyond. A Companion to the Cavendishes offers a comprehensive account of the Cavendish family's creative output and cultural significance in the seventeenth century. It discusses the writings of individuals including William and Margaret Cavendish, and William's daughters Jane and Elizabeth; family members' work and patronage in other media such as music, architecture, and the visual arts; their participation in contemporary developments in politics, philosophy, and horsemanship; and the networks in which they moved both in England and in continental Europe. It also covers the work of less well-known family members such as the poet and biographer George Cavendish and the composer Michael Cavendish. This volume combines path-breaking scholarship with discussion of existing research, making it an invaluable resource for all those interested in this fascinating and diverse group of men and women."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Front Cover

Front matter

Half-title

Series information

Title page

Dedication

Copyright information

Table of contents

Table of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Preface

Body

Chapter 1 Introduction

Bibliography

Chapter 2 George Cavendish's Historiographical Moment

The Speaking Dead: George Cavendish, Thomas Churchyard, and Eidolopoeia

Learning from the Past: Tudor Historiopoetics

Comparing the Texts

Tracing Influence

Chapter 3 Arbella, Oriana, .and the Music of Michael Cavendish (1565-1628)

The Musical Context

Michael Cavendish and Oriana

Chapter 4 The Cavendish Invention of Bolsover Castle

Chapter 5 William Cavendish

Chapter 6 William Cavendish and Elizabethan Nostalgia

Bibliography,Other works

Chapter 7 The Cavendishes and Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson

Willliam Cavendish

Jane Cavendish and Elizabeth Brackley

Margaret Cavendish

Chapter 8 William Cavendish

Virtue, Virtuosity, and Nobleness

Political Pragmatism: Machiavellian Virtù

When Fortune Turns Foul: Courtliness and Advice to an Exiled King

"For Seremony &amp

Order":51 Chivalry and Queen Elizabeth's Day

Chapter 9 Horses and Horsemanship in the Life of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Chapter 10 Margaret Cavendish and the Cultural Milieu of Antwerp

I

II

III

IV

Chapter 11 Epicurus and Gender in the British Newcastle Circle

Chapter 12 Jane Cavendish and Elizabeth Brackley's Manuscript Collections

Chapter 13 The Cavendishes and Their Poetry

Chapter 14 The Closet as Form and Theme in Cavendish and Brackley's The Concealed Fancies

Chapter 15 Margaret Cavendish and War.

"The Sweetness of Peace … the Misery of War"6

"Dividing of the Spoils"46

Chapter 16 Material and Political Nature in Margaret Cavendish's The Unnatural Tragedy and The Blazing World

Cavendish and Nature

Material Nature

Political Nature

Nature in The Unnatural Tragedy and The Blazing World

Chapter 17 "I Am My Lords Scholar"

Chapter 18 Margaret Cavendish and Julius Caesar

Fame

Valour

Marriage and Gender

Outcaesaring Caesar

Conclusion

Chapter 19 Generic Bricolage and Epicureanism in Margaret Cavendish's Imaginative Works

Chapter 20 Cavendish and the Novel

The Romancical

The Philosophical

The Fantastical

Chapter 21 The Devonshire Cavendishes

"Family Was Everything": Sons, Daughters, Stepchildren

Chapter 22 The Funeral Monuments of the Cavendish Family

Back matter

Index.

Notes:

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OCLC:

1229635648