Margaret Cavendish and Mary Trye differ in the extent to which their scientific ideas and social positions allowed them to translate their view of the embodied observer into a steady textual image that was consistent with their methodological and epistemological ideas. However, they are united in a rhetoric of opposition that accommodates their defence against accusations that females had no authority in these matters due to inferior physical and mental qualities (although Cavendish’s defence is far from unequivocal). Moreover, both took on the role of a spokesperson for a member of their family and, again, their interpretation of that role is affected by their scientific views. This article will examine the similarities and differences of ...
Many scholars point to the close association between early modern science and the rise of rational a...
Cavendish's contradictory natural philosophy and her complex multiplication of selves has been recog...
The vast majority of the documents – visual as well as textual – on which we base our knowledge of e...
Margaret Cavendish and Mary Trye differ in the extent to which their scientific ideas and social pos...
Accounts of the rhetorical tradition in early modern England often focus on the Royal Society of Lon...
La contribution des femmes à l'avènement de la science moderne en Angleterre. Cet ouvrage se propos...
For Margaret Cavendish (1623?-1673), it was almost impossible to take an active part in the scholarl...
Margaret Cavendish, duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673), led a dramatic life that brought her into cont...
A striking omission in the scholarship on the reception of the chymical philosophy of Jan Baptista v...
Cet article se propose de lire la pièce Bell in Campo (1662) de Margaret Cavendish à la lumière du t...
Although Margaret Cavendish is probably better known today for her texts on natural philosophy and h...
Ignoring the satire of learned women, a topos of classical drama at the end of the 17th century, Mag...
In academic discourse, Margaret Cavendish’s attendance at a meeting of the Royal Society on May 30, ...
It is often thought that the numerous contradictory perspectives in Margaret Cavendish's writings de...
International audienceThat the seventeenth century saw a gradual and partial rehabilitation of curio...
Many scholars point to the close association between early modern science and the rise of rational a...
Cavendish's contradictory natural philosophy and her complex multiplication of selves has been recog...
The vast majority of the documents – visual as well as textual – on which we base our knowledge of e...
Margaret Cavendish and Mary Trye differ in the extent to which their scientific ideas and social pos...
Accounts of the rhetorical tradition in early modern England often focus on the Royal Society of Lon...
La contribution des femmes à l'avènement de la science moderne en Angleterre. Cet ouvrage se propos...
For Margaret Cavendish (1623?-1673), it was almost impossible to take an active part in the scholarl...
Margaret Cavendish, duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673), led a dramatic life that brought her into cont...
A striking omission in the scholarship on the reception of the chymical philosophy of Jan Baptista v...
Cet article se propose de lire la pièce Bell in Campo (1662) de Margaret Cavendish à la lumière du t...
Although Margaret Cavendish is probably better known today for her texts on natural philosophy and h...
Ignoring the satire of learned women, a topos of classical drama at the end of the 17th century, Mag...
In academic discourse, Margaret Cavendish’s attendance at a meeting of the Royal Society on May 30, ...
It is often thought that the numerous contradictory perspectives in Margaret Cavendish's writings de...
International audienceThat the seventeenth century saw a gradual and partial rehabilitation of curio...
Many scholars point to the close association between early modern science and the rise of rational a...
Cavendish's contradictory natural philosophy and her complex multiplication of selves has been recog...
The vast majority of the documents – visual as well as textual – on which we base our knowledge of e...