 In 2014, Siri Hustvedt published the novel "The Blazing World", in which she describes Harriet Burden's brilliant but convoluted attempts at gaining recognition from the male-dominated New York City art scene.Hustvedt has Burden refer to Margaret Cavendish as a rich source of inspiration at many occasions.Nearing the end of her life, Burden is comforted by Cavendish's work