Eve Bites Back - An Alternative History of English 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. KennedyEver 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.

Product details

• Authors: Anna Beer, Beer Anna
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9780861542932
• ISBN: 978-0-86154-293-2
• No. of pages: 294
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 241 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, DRAMA / Women Authors, POETRY / Women Authors, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, HISTORY / Women, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Women, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, ART / Women Artists, Feminism & feminist theory, Literature: history & criticism, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Feminism and feminist theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: writers, Literature: history and criticism, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance