LEADER 04913nam 22006855 450 001 9910580171603321 005 20240628133316.0 010 $a9783030844554 010 $a3030844552 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-84455-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7020810 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7020810 035 $a(CKB)23976612000041 035 $aEBL7020810 035 $a(AU-PeEL)EBL7020810 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-84455-4 035 $a(EXLCZ)9923976612000041 100 $a20220621d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAntigone's Example $eEarly Modern Women's Political Writing in Times of Civil War from Christine de Pizan to Helen Maria Williams /$fby Mihoko Suzuki 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (510 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$aPrint version: Suzuki, Mihoko Antigone's Example Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030844547 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $a"A beautifully written book by one of the leading experts in the field, this is a major contribution on women's political texts, one that raises vital questions about the history, genres, and chronologies of European political thought, and one that will shape future debate." -Amanda Capern, editor, Routledge History of Women in Early Modern Europe "This is a major work of comparative literary and cultural history. Deeply researched, strikingly illustrated, and cogently argued, the book makes a compelling case for revising Giorgio Agamben's influential notion of a "state of exception" in the light of women's subaltern perspectives and persuasively argues for the importance of Machiavelli for women' political writings. Suzuki's book illuminates a rich set of women writers' views of themselves as political counsellors who used their literary skills to evade censorship and thus speak truth to power." -Margaret W. Ferguson, author, Dido's Daughters: Literacy, Gender, and Empire in Early Modern England and France "Expertly written and theoretically rich, this book fundamentally challenges the masculinity of political thought and deepens our understanding of the meaning and impact of civil war. Antigone's Example is truly a field-defining book by its leading scholar." -Joanne Wright, author, Origin Stories in Political Thought:Discourses on Gender, Power, and Citizenship; coeditor, Feminist Interpretations of Thomas Hobbes 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. Mihoko Suzuki is Professor of English and Cooper Fellow in the Humanities Emerita, at the University of Miami, USA. 606 $aEurope$xHistory$x1492- 606 $aEuropean literature$yRenaissance, 1450-1600 606 $aFeminism 606 $aFeminist theory 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aHistory of Early Modern Europe 606 $aEarly Modern and Renaissance Literature 606 $aFeminism and Feminist Theory 606 $aPolitical History 615 0$aEurope$xHistory$x1492-. 615 0$aEuropean literature 615 0$aFeminism. 615 0$aFeminist theory. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 14$aHistory of Early Modern Europe. 615 24$aEarly Modern and Renaissance Literature. 615 24$aFeminism and Feminist Theory. 615 24$aPolitical History. 676 $a305.42 676 $a320.0820903 700 $aSuzuki$b Mihoko$01246244 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910580171603321 996 $aAntigone's Example$92889808 997 $aUNINA