Bell in Campo and the Sociable Companions

by Margaret Cavendish

Book Overview

Written during the English Civil War and Interregnum when the public theatres were closed and Margaret Cavendish was living away from England in exile, Bell in Campoand The Sociable Companionsare scathing satires that speak to the role of women's agency amidst this cultural tumult. In Bell in Campo, a group of virtuous women follow their husbands to war and, refusing to remain docilely out of harm's way, form an army of their own. The Sociable Companionsdetails...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551112876
• ISBN13: 9781551112879
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Broadview Press Inc
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"