{"product_id":"9781554812424","title":"The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\nFirst published in 1666, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle’s \u003cem\u003eDescription of a New World, Called the Blazing World\u003c\/em\u003e is the first fictional portrayal of women and the new science. In \u003cem\u003eBlazing World\u003c\/em\u003e, Cavendish depicts her heroine, the Empress, in multiple roles. The Empress is leader of a dreamlike utopian world reachable through the North Pole, filled with talking animals and intelligent hybrid creatures. She establishes a royal society of scientists, initiates learned conferences, interrogates existing knowledge, and spends her days speculating on natural philosophy. She also forms a lively intellectual collaboration with the “Duchess of Newcastle,” a female character summoned from Earth. A companion volume to Cavendish’s important \u003cem\u003eObservations upon Experimental Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlazing World\u003c\/em\u003e is the first science-fiction novel known to have been written and published by a woman, and represents a pioneering female scientific utopia.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThis Broadview Edition includes related historical materials on the new science and Cavendish’s role in the intellectual world of her time.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66233349407069,"sku":null,"price":17.21,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781554812424.jpg?v=1793191898","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/9781554812424","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}