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Literary Diva Presents: Literary Journey! Margaret Cavendish-Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne!

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Join us as we continue our literary journey with English aristocrat and prolific writer Margaret Cavendish. Championed and criticized as a unique and groundbreaking woman writer; she is credited for addressing a number of topics, including; gender, power, manners, scientific method, and animal protection. She was also a poet, playwright, writer of prose romances, and essayist who published under her own name at a time when most women writers published anonymously. The most famous and noted literary works by Margaret Cavendish is "The Blazing World." Which is a work of literature that is one of the earliest examples of science fiction. It is "the only known work of utopian fiction by a woman in the 17th century. Tune in as we journey with prolific writer Margaret Cavendish-Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Stay tuned and keep it locked.

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