Cavendish – Sprockets and Springes

Medieval Feminism; the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Project 2)

For my first half paper I wrote for this class, I wrote all about toxic masculinity in medieval literature. The summary was problems with men and “manly” thinking basically. An issue with my paper, just like medieval literature as a whole, I completely ignored women. I figured the only just way to rectify this situationContinue reading “Medieval Feminism; the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Project 2)”

Worlds in Worlds

I really enjoyed Margaret Cavendish’s work so I decided to look at one of her poems that we didn’t discuss in class. I looked at her poem “ Of Many Worlds in This World”, her poem is about how every world has smaller worlds inside of each other. I really enjoyed the poem but IContinue reading “Worlds in Worlds”

Garden to Garden

Similarities Knowledge and the Sun “And higher then that Wall a circling row Of goodliest Trees loaden with fairest Fruit, Blossoms and Fruits at once of golden hue Appeerd, with gay enameld colours mixt: On which the Sun more glad impress’d his beams (Book 4, lines 146-150).” ——— “The brain a garden seems, full of delight, Whereon the sun of knowledge shineth bright (lines 1-2).” Both Milton and Cavendish touchContinue reading “Garden to Garden”

Similizing Milton’s Satan to Politicians: After Margaret Cavendish

Creatures, Cosmology, and Cavendish: The Importance of Science and Philosophy in “The Blazing-World”

Those within Margaret Cavendish’s social circle described her as “eccentric.” Women of her time most likely regarded the duchess’s boisterous and flirtatious personality as unbecoming of a woman with her age and status. She wrote about science and philosophy of the mid 1600s, which were strictly for male intellectuals at the time, and led herContinue reading “Creatures, Cosmology, and Cavendish: The Importance of Science and Philosophy in “The Blazing-World””

Strode events, Spring 2019

We have an exciting slate of Strode-sponsored programs coming up this spring, compiled by program director and Hudson Strode Professor Michelle Dowd– please take note of these events and mark your calendars accordingly! Thanks to the abundance of early modern performances and films on offer this semester, Improbable Fictions is temporarily shifting focus away from ShakespeareContinue reading “Strode events, Spring 2019”