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Blazing Ambition: the Life of Margaret Cavendish
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Quick takeaways
- Margaret Cavendish's writing explored feminist perspectives and expressed the unique experiences of women in society.
- Margaret Cavendish and William Cavendish had an unconventional marriage where they collaborated on various projects, allowing Margaret to share her ideas and reach a wider audience.
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Margaret Cavendish's unconventional childhood and influence on her literary output
Margaret Cavendish, an influential writer of the 17th century, had a non-traditional and unconventional childhood. Born into a wealthy family of royalists, she grew up in a big country house in Essex. Despite receiving little formal education, Margaret had a natural love of learning and spent her days reading and writing. Her independent upbringing greatly influenced her later literary output. In her works, she tackled a wide range of subjects, including natural sciences, philosophy, war, and royalist politics. Margaret's writing was radical for her time, exploring feminist perspectives and expressing the unique experiences of women in society. She is considered an early feminist thinker and her works continue to be studied and appreciated today.
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