Rook is still deep in encyclopedias and game design. Somehow it's about post-restoration politics, and entomology, and the royal society. I"m throwing 1660s women poets at him for background (The Matchless Orinda (slightly earlier) and Aphra Behn (writing slightly later, but around). The game will be set in 1668 London. There are some astronomers a few years later scattered about ( i mean, women)... Coming up with these examples is useful for imagining daily life without disappearing the women from intellectual life.
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