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

Author:   Mihoko Suzuki
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
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9783030844547


Pages:   452
Publication Date:   22 June 2022
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Author:   Mihoko Suzuki
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.796kg
ISBN:  

9783030844547


ISBN 10:   3030844544
Pages:   452
Publication Date:   22 June 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Introduction: Antigone’s Example.- 1. Christine de Pizan’s Political Thought and Civil War.- 2. Female Subjects as Counselors to Queens: Anne Dowriche, Mary Sidney, Elizabeth Cary.- 3. Politics, History, and the Fronde: Motteville, Montpensier, Longueville, Nemours.- 4. Margaret Cavendish’s “French Connection” and Civil-War Political Writing.- 5. Post-Restoration Civil-War Writings: Katherine Philips, Aphra Behn, Jane Barker.- 6. Writing, Activism, and the French Revolution: Louise de Kéralio, Stéphanie de Genlis, Germaine de Staël.- Epilogue: Helen Maria Williams, Citizen of the World.

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“Among its many contributions, I believe Antigone’s Example serves as a model for those who wish to engage with the history of women’s political writings. It would also be particularly useful for instructors who wish to include women in their courses related to the history of political thought. Suzuki’s work shows us that women’s contributions extend well beyond feminism ... .” (Mary Jo MacDonald, Politics & Gender, July 4, 2023) “Mihoko Suzuki’s Antigone’s Example: Early Modern Women’s Political Writing in Times of Civil War from Christine de Pizan to Helen Maria Williams is the first sustained transcultural study of women’s political counsel in France and Britain from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth century. … Suzuki offers an impressive, capacious, and fascinating analysis of their important roles in defining and developing British and French politi­cal theory over a long and turbulent period.” (Catharine Gray, TSWL Tulsa Studies in Women's Literatur, Vol. 42 (2), 2023) “Antigone’s Example is an intellectually ambitious book … . In this theoretically rich and highly documented opus, straddling two national cultures, Suzuki gives her readers the necessary keys to understand complex and varied works, which should be read as major contributions to the European history of political thought.” (Claire Gheeraert-Graffeuille, Journal of Early Modern History, Vol. 27, (5), 2023)


“Antigone’s Example is an intellectually ambitious book … . In this theoretically rich and highly documented opus, straddling two national cultures, Suzuki gives her readers the necessary keys to understand complex and varied works, which should be read as major contributions to the European history of political thought.” (Claire Gheeraert-Graffeuille, Journal of Early Modern History, Vol. 27, (5), 2023)


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Mihoko Suzuki is Professor of English and Cooper Fellow in the Humanities Emerita, at the University of Miami, USA.  

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