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leelulah 's review for:
The Blazing World
by Margaret Cavendish
Read for the Literary Life Challenge 2021
18. An Other World Book
Not too long but for sure more of a milestone than an actual groundbreaking work, as it is more philosophical and speculative than aiming to bend conventions of a given genre. It does remind me of so-called early feminist texts like Christine de Pizan at times, as the worth of women's intellectual life and dignity is heavily implied, but Cavendish achieves this by making her Mary Sue into the queen of her Blazing World, where anthropomorphic animals yield to her intellectual curiosity.
18. An Other World Book
Not too long but for sure more of a milestone than an actual groundbreaking work, as it is more philosophical and speculative than aiming to bend conventions of a given genre. It does remind me of so-called early feminist texts like Christine de Pizan at times, as the worth of women's intellectual life and dignity is heavily implied, but Cavendish achieves this by making her Mary Sue into the queen of her Blazing World, where anthropomorphic animals yield to her intellectual curiosity.