The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World, better known as The Blazing World, is a 1666 work of prose fiction by the English writer Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle. Feminist critic Dale Spender calls it a forerunner of science fiction. It can also be read as a utopian work.
Title page of Margaret Cavendish's The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World, reprinted 1668 [originally published 1666]
The North Pole, where the pasageway in the story is located.
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was a prolific English philosopher, poet, scientist, fiction writer and playwright. In her lifetime she produced more than 12 original literary works, many of which became well known due to her high social status. This high social status allowed Margaret to meet and converse with some of the most important and influential minds of her time.
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mary Lucas, older sister of Margaret Cavendish
Margaret Cavendish and her husband, William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Monument to William & Margaret Cavendish, Westminster Abbey
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