{"title":"Experimental Science and Speculation in Cavendish’s Convent of Pleasure","authors":"Donovan E. Tann","doi":"10.1353/sel.2020.0019","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article demonstrates how Margaret Cavendish’s The Convent of Pleasure critiques early modern experimental science based upon her engagement with contemporary philosophical and religious thought. In addition to its pointed critiques of early modern marriage, The Convent of Pleasure explores the epistemological foundations of scientific knowledge and religious belief. The play’s dissonant ending, which includes the dissolution of Lady Happy’s voluntary religious society, dramatizes Cavendish’s rejection of imitative study in favor of imaginative creation. By considering The Convent of Pleasure in conversation with contemporary texts, including John Locke’s A Letter concerning Toleration, this article shows how Cavendish’s work reflects contemporary debates about early modern science and religious toleration.","PeriodicalId":45835,"journal":{"name":"STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1500-1900","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2021-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1500-1900","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sel.2020.0019","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:This article demonstrates how Margaret Cavendish’s The Convent of Pleasure critiques early modern experimental science based upon her engagement with contemporary philosophical and religious thought. In addition to its pointed critiques of early modern marriage, The Convent of Pleasure explores the epistemological foundations of scientific knowledge and religious belief. The play’s dissonant ending, which includes the dissolution of Lady Happy’s voluntary religious society, dramatizes Cavendish’s rejection of imitative study in favor of imaginative creation. By considering The Convent of Pleasure in conversation with contemporary texts, including John Locke’s A Letter concerning Toleration, this article shows how Cavendish’s work reflects contemporary debates about early modern science and religious toleration.
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SEL focuses on four fields of British literature in rotating, quarterly issues: English Renaissance, Tudor and Stuart Drama, Restoration and Eighteenth Century, and Nineteenth Century. The editors select learned, readable papers that contribute significantly to the understanding of British literature from 1500 to 1900. SEL is well known for thecommissioned omnibus review of recent studies in the field that is included in each issue. In a single volume, readers might find an argument for attributing a previously unknown work to Shakespeare or de-attributing a famous work from Milton, a study ofthe connections between class and genre in the Restoration Theater.
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