Margaret Cavendish and the Exiles of the Mind

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 10; p. 97
• Main Author: Spargo, Tamsin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2001
• Subjects: British & Irish literature; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); Cavendish, Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623-1673); English literature; Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679); Hooke, Robert (1635-1703); Moores, John

In Battigelli's analysis, the fictional exploration of The Blazing World and the direct critique of Hobbes' philosophy in Philosophical Letters show Cavendish rejecting the Erastian solution of deferring to an absolute monarch, or any other reforming vision, in favour of a pessimistically...