Description
| Product ID: | 9780861542932 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Eve Bites Back |
| Subtitle: | An Alternative History of English Literature |
| Authors: | Author: Anna Beer |
| Page Count: | 304 |
| Subjects: | Biography: writers, Biography: literary, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Social and cultural history, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Social & cultural history, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies: women, English |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The lives and achievements of eight women writers – a startling and unconventional history of literature Anna Beer investigates the lives and achievements of eight women writers, uncovering a startling and unconventional history of literature Margery Kempe. Aemilia Lanyer. Aphra Behn. Lady Mary. Jane Austen. Warned not to write – and certainly not to bite – these women put pen to paper anyway and wrote themselves into history. ‘Smart, funny and highly readable... a tour de force.’ A.L. Kennedy Ever since Sappho first put stylus to papyrus, women who write have been labelled mad, undisciplined and dangerous. Funny and provocative, Eve Bites Back offers an alternative history of English literature. Placing the female contemporaries of Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton centre stage, Anna Beer builds a vibrant new canon through Restoration wits, scandalous sensation novelists and medieval mystics. Delving into the lives and work of eight pioneers – Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Aemilia Lanyer, Anne Bradstreet, Aphra Behn, Mary Wortley Montagu, Jane Austen and Mary Elizabeth Braddon – Beer uncovers the struggles and triumphs of these gamechangers, ground-breakers and genre-makers. |
| Imprint Name: | Oneworld Publications |
| Publisher Name: | Oneworld Publications |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-10-13 |