The Blazing World
E416990
The Blazing World is a 1666 proto-science-fiction and utopian fantasy novel by Margaret Cavendish that imagines a woman ruling a parallel world populated by hybrid animal–human creatures.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Blazing World canonical | 4 |
| The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4160536 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Blazing World Context triple: [Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, notableWork, The Blazing World]
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A.
The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women
The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women is a 1558 polemical treatise condemning female monarchs and arguing that female rule is contrary to divine and natural law.
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B.
Mundus Novus
Mundus Novus is the Latin term famously used in early 16th-century writings, particularly those attributed to Amerigo Vespucci, to describe the newly discovered continents of the Western Hemisphere.
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C.
Catalogue of Women
Catalogue of Women is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Hesiod, that recounts the genealogies and myths of heroic women and their descendants.
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D.
Maidens of Paradise
Maidens of Paradise are the pure, beautiful companions promised to the righteous in Islamic descriptions of the afterlife.
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E.
New Atlantis
New Atlantis is a utopian philosophical work by Francis Bacon that depicts an ideal society organized around scientific inquiry and technological progress.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Blazing World Target entity description: The Blazing World is a 1666 proto-science-fiction and utopian fantasy novel by Margaret Cavendish that imagines a woman ruling a parallel world populated by hybrid animal–human creatures.
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A.
The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women
The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women is a 1558 polemical treatise condemning female monarchs and arguing that female rule is contrary to divine and natural law.
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B.
Mundus Novus
Mundus Novus is the Latin term famously used in early 16th-century writings, particularly those attributed to Amerigo Vespucci, to describe the newly discovered continents of the Western Hemisphere.
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C.
Catalogue of Women
Catalogue of Women is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Hesiod, that recounts the genealogies and myths of heroic women and their descendants.
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D.
Maidens of Paradise
Maidens of Paradise are the pure, beautiful companions promised to the righteous in Islamic descriptions of the afterlife.
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E.
New Atlantis
New Atlantis is a utopian philosophical work by Francis Bacon that depicts an ideal society organized around scientific inquiry and technological progress.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fantasy novel
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novel ⓘ proto-science-fiction work ⓘ utopian novel ⓘ |
| author |
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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surface form:
Margaret Cavendish
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| centralTheme |
female sovereignty
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gender and power ⓘ science and philosophy ⓘ utopian governance ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| depicts | an absolute female monarch ⓘ |
| features |
hybrid animal–human creatures
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parallel world ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| genre |
fantasy
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science fiction ⓘ utopian fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
The Blazing World
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surface form:
The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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| hasCharacterType |
ape-men
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bear-men ⓘ bird-men ⓘ fish-men ⓘ worm-men ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose narrative ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | unnamed Empress ⓘ |
| hasPart |
frame narrative involving abduction and sea voyage
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philosophical dialogues ⓘ political and scientific discussions ⓘ |
| hasReception |
reassessed positively by 20th- and 21st-century critics
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recognized as a pioneering feminist text ⓘ |
| hasStructure | single continuous narrative with embedded discourses ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
critique of experimental science
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imagination and world-making ⓘ |
| influenced | later feminist science fiction ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
early modern natural philosophy
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utopian traditions such as those of Thomas More ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | early modern utopian writing ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 17th-century literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person with authorial intrusions ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of science fiction
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one of the earliest English-language utopias by a woman ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1666 ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Observations upon Experimental Philosophy ⓘ |
| setting | an alternative world accessed via the North Pole ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Blazing World Description of subject: The Blazing World is a 1666 proto-science-fiction and utopian fantasy novel by Margaret Cavendish that imagines a woman ruling a parallel world populated by hybrid animal–human creatures.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World