{"product_id":"eve-bites-back-9780861542932","title":"Eve Bites Back","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Beer investigates the lives and achievements of eight women writers, uncovering a startling and unconventional history of literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargery Kempe. Aemilia Lanyer. Aphra Behn. Lady Mary. Jane Austen.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Smart, funny and highly readable... a tour de force.’ A.L. Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDelving into the lives and work of eight pioneers - Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Aemilia Lanyer, Anne Bradstreet, Ap\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A \u003cstrong\u003esmart, funny and highly readable\u003c\/strong\u003e journey through the lives of women writers and the challenges they and their works face. It’s\u003cstrong\u003e an informative, enthusiastic and rightly enraging tour de force\u003c\/strong\u003e.’ —A.L. Kennedy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eEssential reading\u003c\/strong\u003e.' —Claire Tomalin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eIn this splendid alternative history of English literature\u003c\/strong\u003e, Anna Beer shows that \"simply by putting words together on the page\" women authors have for centuries fought back… [an]\u003cstrong\u003e excellent \u003c\/strong\u003estudy: \"let’s scavenge and rebuild in the face of the destruction of women’s work…Let’s find the precious gems amidst the rubble.\"' —\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eEve Bites Back\u003c\/em\u003e isn’t pleading for justice for female writers, it’s indicting a system that has long ignored them and, to some extent, still does… Part polemic, part revisionist criticism, \u003cem\u003eEve Bites Back\u003c\/em\u003e, as its title suggests, is sharp and aggressive, a book that \u003cstrong\u003ewill irritate, enlighten, persuade and provoke\u003c\/strong\u003e argument. It’s \u003cstrong\u003ea work of correction, in every sense of the word\u003c\/strong\u003e.’ —\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A \u003cstrong\u003etotally absorbing and enlightening\u003c\/strong\u003e tour through the work of eight significant women authors – with \u003cstrong\u003eone of the funniest introductory chapters ever\u003c\/strong\u003e.' —Sarah Bakewell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eWriting with energy, wit and at times barely suppressed fury, Anna Beer brings to life the struggle to be heard\u003c\/strong\u003e of eight women writers over 500 years. Her subtle literary excavations are both informative and \u003cstrong\u003ea gripping read\u003c\/strong\u003e.' —David Goodhart, founder editor of \u003cem\u003eProspect\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Startling stories and facts on every page. Written with a \u003cstrong\u003eclear and authoritative\u003c\/strong\u003e voice, this is both a very \u003cstrong\u003eentertaining and very important\u003c\/strong\u003e book about the many obstacles that women have overcome to be writers, and the long struggles even the most gifted and well-connected women authors have encountered in order to be taken seriously.' —Yasmin Khan, associate professor of history, University of Oxford\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eAnna Beer is one of those very rare writers who are able to combine rigorous research with a gripping and thoroughly accessible style\u003c\/strong\u003e. This is an \u003cstrong\u003eambitious, authoritative, feisty\u003c\/strong\u003e book and a worthy successor to her inspirational \u003cem\u003eSounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music\u003c\/em\u003e.' —Kate Kennedy, author of\u003cem\u003e Dweller in Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eEve Bites Back \u003c\/em\u003e… is shaped by the same principles [as Beer’s earlier work] – feminist indignation, certainly, but also a drive to share ideas and observations about a diverse body of achievement, emerging from historical periods radically different from our own … \u003cstrong\u003einvigorating\u003c\/strong\u003e.' —Dinah Birch, \u003cem\u003eTLS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eA delightful, and challenging read\u003c\/strong\u003e.' —\u003cem\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A t\u003cstrong\u003ehorough, wide-reaching\u003c\/strong\u003e overview of women’s literary accomplishments viewed through a fresh, modern lens … \u003cem\u003eEve Bites Back\u003c\/em\u003e is an \u003cstrong\u003eexemplary\u003c\/strong\u003e work of literary criticism.' —\u003cem\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'In her alternative history of English literature, \u003cem\u003eEve Bites Back\u003c\/em\u003e, cultural historian and biographer \u003cstrong\u003eAnna Beer takes up arms against the patriarchy\u003c\/strong\u003e… \u003cstrong\u003eextensive and meticulous\u003c\/strong\u003e.' —\u003cem\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oneworld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406359634263,"sku":"9780861542932","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780861542932.jpg?v=1730495535","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/eve-bites-back-9780861542932","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}