Transcript of Margaret cavendish
- 1. MARGARET CAVENDISHMARGARET CAVENDISH
- 2. (1623 15 December 1673) Englisharistocrat,
aprolificwriter,and ascientist. ShebecamethesecondwifeofWilliam
Cavendish,1stDukeofNewcastle-upon- Tynein1645
- 3. Cavendish was a poet, philosopher, writer of prose romances,
essayist, and playwright who published under her own name at a time
when most women writers published anonymously. Her writing
addressed a number of topics, including gender, power, manners,
scientific method, and philosophy.
- 4. Cavendish has been championed and criticized as a unique and
groundbreaking woman writer. She has been claimed as an advocate
for animals and as an early opponent of animal testing.
- 5. MARGARET CAVENDISHMARGARET CAVENDISH
- 6. O love, how thou art Tyred out with Rhime! Thou art a Tree,
whereon all Poets Clime, And from thy Tender Branches every one
Doth take some Fruit, which Fancy feeds upon: But now thy Tree is
left so Bare and Poor, That they can hardly gather one Plum more.
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