Antigone's Example: Early Modern Women's Political Writing in Times of Civil War from Christine de Pizan to Helen Maria Williams.
The article critiques a book that explores the theme of women writers during periods of civil war, beginning with Sophocles's *Antigone* and concluding with Helen Maria Williams's *Letters Written in France*. The author argues that while the book attempts to connect civil conflict with women's polit...
| Publicado en: | Sixteenth Century Journal Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 423 - 427 |
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Summer2025
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