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This World of My Devising: The Author as Authority and Other in Cavendish’s The Blazing World

This World of My Devising: The Author as Authority and Other in Cavendish’s The Blazing World

This essay concentrates on the treatment of authority and authorship in Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World, particularly through the lens of otherness.

Double Standards: Analyzing the Gender Inequality Lurking in Rousseau’s Discourse

Double Standards: Analyzing the Gender Inequality Lurking in Rousseau’s Discourse

In this essay, I will elucidate why Rousseau places so much emphasis on the presocial, how his biased discussion thwarts any subjectivity that Woman ought to possess, and why he views modern Woman as a dangerous force within society.