{"product_id":"eve-bites-back-anna-beer-9780861542932","title":"Eve Bites Back: An Alternative History of English Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eAnna Beer investigates the lives and achievements of eight women writers, uncovering a startling and unconventional history of literature\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anna Beer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0861542932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780861542932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ONEWorld Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/27\/2022","brand":"Anna Beer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055742677247,"sku":"9780861542932","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c64bc762-38a4-41da-8c21-86fc517628ae.jpg?v=1685037532","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/eve-bites-back-anna-beer-9780861542932","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}