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Eve Bites Back An Alternative History Of English Literature
Eve Bites Back An Alternative History Of English Literature
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Description: 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.
Title: Eve Bites Back An Alternative History Of English Literature
Author(s): Beer Anna
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Barcode: 9780861546848
Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Date: 8/13/2024
Category: Gender Studies: Women
Description: 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.
Title: Eve Bites Back An Alternative History Of English Literature
Author(s): Beer Anna
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Barcode: 9780861546848
Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Date: 8/13/2024
Category: Gender Studies: Women