Early Modern Literary Studies Special Issue 14 (May, 2004)
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Essays from the Fifth Biennial International Margaret Cavendish Conference

Edited by Lisa Hopkins, Emma Rees, and Gweno Williams

Articles:

• Article Abstracts.
• Concocting the world's olio: Margaret Cavendish and continental influence. [1] Sara H. Mendelson, McMaster University.
• Mad Science Beyond Flattery: The Correspondence of Margaret Cavendish and Constantijn Huygens. [2] Nadine N. W. Akkerman, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and Marguérite Corporaal, University of Groningen.
• Happy Families and Learned Ladies:Margaret Cavendish, William Cavendish, and their onstage academy debate. [3] Alexandra Bennett, Northern Illinois University.
• Playing with Religion: Convents, Cloisters, Martyrdom, and Vows. [4] Erna Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire.
• Fighting the Kingdom of Faction in Bell in Campo. [5] Oddvar Holmesland, Agder University College, Norway.
• Crime and Context in The Unnatural Tragedy. [6] Lisa Hopkins, Sheffield Hallam University.
• The Intellectual and Literary Courtship of Margaret Cavendish. [7] James Fitzmaurice, Northern Arizona University.
• Defects Redressed: Margaret Cavendish Aspires to Motley. [8] Lesley Peterson, University of Alberta.
• The City of Chance, or, Margaret Cavendish's Theory of Radical Symmetry. [9] B. R. Siegfried, Brigham Young University.
• "My Spirits long to wander in the Air...": Spirits and Souls in Margaret Cavendish's Fiction between Early Modern Philosophy and Cyber Theory. [10] Miriam Wallraven, Tübingen University.
• "I hate such an old-fashioned House": Margaret Cavendish and the search for home. [11] Alison Findlay, University of Lancaster.
• An Empowering Wit and an "Unnatural" Tragedy: Margaret Cavendish's Representation of the Tragic Female Voice. [12] Marguérite Corporaal, University of Groningen.
  
• Gender Subversion in the Science of Margaret Cavendish. [13] Lisa Walters, The University of Edinburgh.

Review:

• Emma L.E. Rees. Margaret Cavendish: Gender, Genre, Exile. Manchester: Manchester UP, 2003. [14] James Fitzmaurice, Northern Arizona University.
  

Theatre Review:

• The Duchess Takes the Stage: An Evening of Margaret Cavendish's Plays in Performance. Margaret Cavendish Performance Project. Produced by Gweno Williams. Margaret Cavendish Society Conference, University College Chester, Saturday, July 19, 2003. [15] Alexandra Bennett, Northern Illinois University.
  

• Responses to articles, reviews, and notes appearing in this issue that are intended for the Readers' Forum may be sent to the Editor at M.Steggle@shu.ac.uk.

Responses to this piece intended for the Readers' Forum may be sent to the Editor at M.Steggle@shu.ac.uk.

© 2004-, Matthew Steggle (Editor, EMLS).