The Blazing World
Imaginary Worlds
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The Rise and Fall of Margaret Cavendish
The 1660s was the tail end of trial mania, which had gripped England and Europe for a century. The male intellectuals of the time could not ignore Margaret Cavendish. Samuel peeps the diarist who knows her works,. But he's the main source from this period of time for what is going on. He thinks that she's loony tunes. John Evelyn also thinks she's absolutely crazy.
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