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Playing Football with the Stars: Hester Pulter Rethinks the Metaphysical Astronomy Poem.

In several poems, seventeenth-century writer Hester Pulter depicts freedom as only possible after death; but in Poem 38, she claims her "fancies" allow her spirit to leave her gendered body until, she writes, "Methinks I play at football with the stars" (ll. 8-12). Depicting the Earth as a sphere, a...

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Published in:Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 169 - 192
Main Author: BURKE, VICTORIA E.
Format: Article
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press Spring2020
Subjects:
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, ca. 1624-1674
Kicking (Football)
Football
Astronomy
Poetry (Literary form)
Poets
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