Beer, Anna

Eve Bites Back: An Alternative History of English Literature

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ISBN 13:: 9780861546848
author:: Beer, Anna
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Oneworld Publications
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2023
Pages:: 368
Dimensions:: 19.8 x 13 x 2.3 centimetres (0.2
Genre:: Biography, Historical, Biography,
Condition:: New
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Eve Bites Back: An Alternative History of English Literature by Anna Beer. For centuries, women writers have been dismissed as 'mad', 'undisciplined' and 'dangerous'. Yet they persevered, putting pen to paper despite the warnings. This provocative history reclaims their stories, revealing a vibrant new canon of literature that challenges our understanding of the past. Anna Beer delves into the lives and work of eight pioneering women writers: Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Aemilia Lanyer, Anne Bradstreet, Aphra Behn, Mary Wortley Montagu, Jane Austen and Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Their struggles and triumphs are a testament to their courage and creativity. Smart, funny and highly readable, Eve Bites Back offers a fresh perspective on English literature, one that centres the female contemporaries of some of history's most famous writers.

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