The literary invention of Margaret Cavendish /
Dodds, Lara.
"Reassesses the literary invention of Margaret Cavendish -- the use she makes of other writers, her own various forms of writing, and the ways in which she creates her own literary persona -- to transform our understanding of Cavendish's considerable accomplishments and influence, including her revival of an expansive model of literary invention"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reading and writing in sociable letters; or, how Margaret Cavendish read her Plutarch -- "Poor Donne was out": reading and writing Donne in the works of William and Margaret Cavendish -- When Margaret Cavendish reads John Milton; or, reading and writing in tragical times -- Margaret Cavendish and the ends of utopia -- The wife compares Jonson and the other youth: Shakespearean and Jonsonian influence in playes (1662) -- The English literary tradition and mechanical natural philosophy in plays, never before printed (1668) -- Afterword: "work, lady, work": women writers, reputation, and English literature.
"Reassesses the literary invention of Margaret Cavendish -- the use she makes of other writers, her own various forms of writing, and the ways in which she creates her own literary persona -- to transform our understanding of Cavendish's considerable accomplishments and influence, including her revival of an expansive model of literary invention"--Provided by publisher.
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674
Women and literature
Books and reading