Antigone's Example: Early Modern Women's Political Writing in Times of Civil War from Christine de Pizan to Helen Maria Williams

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This book investigates early modern women’s interventions in politics and the public sphere during times of civil war in England and France. Taking this transcultural and comparative perspective, and the period designation “early modern” expansively, Antigone’s Example identifies a canon of women’s civil-war writings; it elucidates their historical specificity as well as the transhistorical context of civil war, a context which, it argues, enabled women’s participation in political thought. Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Acknowledgments Contents List of Figures Introduction CHAPTER 1 Christine de Pizan’s Political Thoughtand Civil War CHAPTER 2 Female Subjects as Counselors of Queens: Anne Dowriche, Mary Sidney, Elizabeth Cary CHAPTER 3 Women Write the Fronde: Motteville, Montpensier, Longueville, Nemours CHAPTER 4 Margaret Cavendish’s “French Connection”and Civil War Political Writing CHAPTER 5 Post-Restoration Civil War Writings:Katherine Philips, Aphra Behn, Jane Barker CHAPTER 6 Women and the French Revolution: Louise de Kéralio, Stéphanie de Genlis, Germaine de Staël Epilogue: Helen Maria Williams Works Cited Index