{"product_id":"eve-bites-back-an-alternative-history-of-english-literature-paperback","title":"Eve Bites Back: An Alternative History of English Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna Beer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Beer investigates the lives and achievements of eight women writers, uncovering a startling and unconventional history of literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargery Kempe. Aemilia Lanyer. Aphra Behn. Lady Mary. Jane Austen.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWarned not to write - and certainly not to bite - these women put pen to paper anyway and wrote themselves into history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Smart, funny and highly readable... a tour de force.' A.L. Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEver 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDelving 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Beer\u003c\/b\u003e is a cultural historian and biographer. She is author of \u003ci\u003eSounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePatriot or Traitor: The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as biographies of Bess Throckmorton, William Shakespeare and John Milton. She is a Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College, University of Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 7.82 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763385598240,"sku":"9780861546848","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1b72b81ab074274a2730b9b511a9d184.webp?v=1780234058","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/eve-bites-back-an-alternative-history-of-english-literature-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}