Gatherings in Exile
Interpreting the Bibliographical Structure of Natures Pictures Drawn by Fancies Pencil to the Life (1656)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8864026 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca Bullard (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 786-805 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | English Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-838X • E-ISSN: 1744-4217 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0013838x.2011.622167 |
| OpenAlex | W2019207234 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
This essay argues that the material, bibliographical structure—that is, the internal sequence of leaves and gatherings—of Margaret Cavendish's Natures Pictures (1656) is central to this volume's autobiographical function. Leaves and gatherings inserted late in the process of production testify not only to the author's lively mind and sometimes frantic working practices, but also to her political situation as an exile. The geographical and, therefore, temporal distance between Antwerp (the place where Cavendish was writing in 1656) and London (where she had Natures Pictures published) are registered in the material form of this text because of the particular qualities of the gatherings of which it is composed. The essay concludes by considering whether Cavendish did, or could have, intended the range of rhetorical effects that are produced by the bibliographical peculiarities of this volume
Art · Art history · Literature · Pencil (optics · Physics · Political science · Politics · Rhetorical question · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Art and Culture Studies · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |