The cover page is adapted from Hélène offrant à Ménélas la potion de la reine Polydamne, a painting completed circa 1650 by Simon Vouet. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Vouetwww.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
The Blazing World
章节(5)
- Dedication 0:00
- Introduction 0:54
- The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World 3:26
- The Second Part of the Description of the New Blazing-World 3:34:00
- The Epilogue to the Reader 4:28:22
A young lady is abducted by sea and finds herself transported into a new world where the blazing stars make night as bright as day. She marries the world’s Emperor, becoming Empress, and through consultation with many creatures and immaterial spirits she elaborates on contemporary scientific and philosophical topics.
The story presents the view that a society with a unified language and religion can be made orderly under the rule of a benevolent monarch. Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle, plays her own part in the story by providing advice and showing the Empress around her own world.
The Blazing World was written in 1666, a few years after the restoration of the British monarchy. With its fantastic setting, the book is considered an early forerunner of the science fiction genre.