Only recently have scholars begun to note Margaret Cavendish’s references to 'God,' 'spirits,' and the 'rational soul,' and little has been published in this regard. This volume addresses that scarcity by taking up the theological threads woven into Cavendish’s ideas about nature, matter, magic, governance, and social relations, with special attention given to Cavendish’s literary and philosophical works.Reflecting the lively state of Cavendish studies, God and Nature in the Thought of Margaret Cavendish allows for disagreements among the contributing authors, whose readings of Cavendish sometimes vary in significant ways; and it encourages further exploration of the theological elements evident in her literary and philosophical works. Despite the diversity of thought developed here, several significant points of convergence establish a foundation for future work on Cavendish’s vision of nature, philosophy, and God. The chapters collected here enhance our understanding of the intriguing-and sometimes brilliant-contributions Cavendish made to debates about God’s place in the scientific cosmos.
...MoreReview Sarah Hutton (2016) Review of "God and Nature in the Thought of Margaret Cavendish". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 168-170).
Chapter Joanne H. Wright (2014) Darkness, Death, and Precarious Life in Cavendish's Sociable Letters and Orations. In: God and Nature in the Thought of Margaret Cavendish (pp. 43-58).
Chapter Sara Mendelson (2014) The God of Nature and the Nature of God. In: God and Nature in the Thought of Margaret Cavendish (pp. 27-42).
Chapter Line Cottegnies (2014) Brilliant Heterodoxy: The Plurality of Worlds in Margaret Cavendish's Blazing World (1666) and Cyrano De Bergerac's Estats Et Empires De La Lune (1657). In: God and Nature in the Thought of Margaret Cavendish (pp. 107-120).
Chapter Stephen Clucas (2014) "A Double Perception in All Creatures": Margaret Cavendish's Philosophical Letters and Seventeenth-Century Natural Philosophy. In: God and Nature in the Thought of Margaret Cavendish (pp. 121-140).
Chapter Brandie R. Siegfried (2014) God and the Question of Sense Perception in the Works of Margaret Cavendish. In: God and Nature in the Thought of Margaret Cavendish (pp. 59-76).
Chapter James Fitzmaurice (2014) Paganism, Christianity, and the Faculty of Fancy in the Writing of Margaret Cavendish. In: God and Nature in the Thought of Margaret Cavendish (pp. 77-92).
Chapter Perrin Radley (2014) Margaret Cavendish's Cabbala: The Empress and the Spirits in The Blazing World. In: God and Nature in the Thought of Margaret Cavendish (pp. 161-170).
Chapter Brandie R. Siegfried; Lisa T. Sarasohn (2014) Introduction: The Duchess and the Divine. Claims to Orthodoxy: How Far Can We Trust Margaret Cavendish's Autobiography?. In: God and Nature in the Thought of Margaret Cavendish (pp. 1-14).
Chapter Hilda L. Smith (2014) Claims To Orthodoxy: How Far can Margaret's Cavendish's Autobiography. In: God and Nature in the Thought of Margaret Cavendish (pp. 15-26).
Chapter Lisa T. Sarasohn (2014) Fideism, sin, and the faithful veneration of nature in Margaret Cavendish's philosophical letters. In: God and Nature in the Thought of Margaret Cavendish (pp. 93-106).
Chapter Sara Mendelson (2014) Margaret Cavendish and the Jews. In: God and Nature in the Thought of Margaret Cavendish (pp. 171-184).
Chapter John Shanahan (2014) Natural Magic in the Convent of Pleasure. In: God and Nature in the Thought of Margaret Cavendish (pp. 141-160).
Chapter Brandie R. Siegfried (2014) "Soulified": Cavendish, Rubens, and the Cabbalistic Tree of Life. In: God and Nature in the Thought of Margaret Cavendish (pp. 185-208).
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