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-1674) London: Printed by A. Maxwell, 1668. THEDESCRIPTIONOF A NEWWORLD, CALLEDThe Blazing-World. Free The Blazing World Essays. Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Biography from Answers. Margaret Cavendish Segment from Frontispiece for several of her books in the 1650s and 1660s.
The Blazing World Portrait See Margaret Cavendish (1661–1717) for the later Duchess of Newcastle of this name. Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623 – 15 December 1673) was an English aristocrat, a prolific writer, and a scientist. The Blazing World. Title page of Margaret Cavendish's The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World, 1666; rpt. 1668.
The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World, better known as The Blazing World, is a 1666 work of prose fiction by the English writer Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle. It has been mentioned as an early forerunner of science fiction.[1] Story[edit] As its full title suggests, Blazing World is a fanciful depiction of a satirical, utopian kingdom in another world (with different stars in the sky) that can be reached via the North Pole. It is "the only known work of utopian fiction by a woman in the 17th century, as well as one of the earliest examples of what we now call 'science fiction' — although it is also a romance, an adventure story, and even autobiography.