Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 4:30 pm CDT
In an era when many women refused to put their writing into print, polymath Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623–1673) not only insisted on print as the best medium for her drama, philosophy, poetry, and science fiction, but also was meticulously involved in her books’ creation and customization, both during and after the printing process.
As part of the Pforzheimer Lecture Series, Dr. Liza Blake, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, will highlight Cavendish’s work to craft a reputation by carefully managing the distribution of her writing.In addition to sharing her findings about the many ways Cavendish worked to make each book its own unique object—including custom bindings, annotations with “glitter pen,” frontispieces, and materials included only in copies going to distinguished recipients—Blake will argue that focusing on Cavendish and her books has the potential to reorient the fields of early modern book history and textual bibliography.
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