The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World
| Title | The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World |
| Year for Search | 1666 |
| Authors | [Cavendish], [Margaret] Duchess of Newcastle(1623?-74) |
| Secondary Title | Part IV of her Observations Upon Experimental Philosophy |
| Pagination | Separately paged. |
| Date Published | 1666 |
| Publisher | Ptd. By J. Maxwell |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Female author |
| Annotation | World attached to Earth at the Pole. Various animals (bears, foxes, geese, etc.) with human characteristics. The eutopia is a small part of an allegory. Monarchy, religion, few laws. Peaceable world because it has only one religion, one language, and one government. |
| Additional Publishers | First separate publication London: Ptd. By A. Maxwell, 1668. Rpt. in The Description of a New World Called The Blazing World and Other Writings. Ed. Kate Lilley (London: William Pickering, 1992), 119-225 with notes 227-30; in Restoration and Augustan British Utopias. Ed. Gregory Claeys (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2000), 53-114; in Paper Bodies: A Margaret Cavendish Reader. Ed. Sylvia Bowerbank and Sara Mendelson (Peterborough, ON, Canada: Broadview Press, 2000), 151-251; in Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, Political Writings. Ed. Susan James (Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 2003), 1-109; A Description of the Blazing World. Ed. Sara H. Mendelson. Peterborough, ON, Canada: Broadview Press, 2026 with an “Introduction” (9-53) and appendices (165-227). |
| Holding Institutions | ICN, L, PSt, PU |
| Author Note | Female author (1623?-74) . |
| Full Text | 1666 [Cavendish, Margaret]. Duchess of Newcastle (1623?-74). The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World. Part IV of her Observations Upon Experimental Philosophy. London: Ptd. By J. Maxwell. Separately paged. First separate publication London: Ptd. By A. Maxwell, 1668. Rpt. in The Description of a New World Called The Blazing World and Other Writings. Ed. Kate Lilley (London: William Pickering, 1992), 119-225 with notes 227-30; in Restoration and Augustan British Utopias. Ed. Gregory Claeys (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2000), 53-114; in Paper Bodies: A Margaret Cavendish Reader. Ed. Sylvia Bowerbank and Sara Mendelson (Peterborough, ON, Canada: Broadview Press, 2000), 151-251; in Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, Political Writings. Ed. Susan James (Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 2003), 1-109; and in A Description of the Blazing World. Ed. Sara H. Mendelson. Peterborough, ON, Canada: Broadview Press, 2026 with an “Introduction” (9-53) and appendices (165-227). ICN, L, PSt, PU World attached to Earth at the Pole. Various animals (bears, foxes, geese, etc.) with human characteristics. The eutopia is a small part of an allegory. Monarchy, religion, few laws. Peaceable world because it has only one religion, one language, and one government. Female author. |
