Eve Bites Back
- Author Anna Beer
- Narrator Anna Beer
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 22 September 2022
- Run Time 11 hours and 32 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Biography: general, Biography: historical, political and military, Gender studies: women and girls.
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What to expect
Anna Beer investigates the lives and achievements of eight women writers, uncovering a startling and unconventional history of literature
Warned not to write—and certainly not to bite—these women put pen to paper anyway and wrote themselves into history.
From the fourteenth century through to the present day, women who write have been understood as mad, undisciplined, or dangerous. Female writers have always had to find ways to overcome or challenge these beliefs. Some were cautious and discreet, some didn’t give a damn, but all lived complex, eventful, and often controversial lives.
Eve Bites Back places the female contemporaries of Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Milton center stage in the history of literature in English, uncovering stories of dangerous liaisons and daring adventures. From Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Aemilia Lanyer and Anne Bradstreet, to Aphra Behn, Mary Wortley Montagu, Jane Austen and Mary Elizabeth Braddon, these are the women who dared to write.
Critics Review
“A delightful and challenging read.”
“Eve Bites Back isn’t pleading for justice for female writers, it’s indicting a system that has long ignored them and, to some extent, still does…It’s a work of correction, in every sense of the word.”
“In her alternative history of English literature…Beer takes up arms against the patriarchy.”
“A thorough, wide-reaching overview of women’s literary accomplishments viewed through a fresh, modern lens.”
“Goes a long way to undo the ‘erasure of women’s lives and words’ in this zippy history of early English literature…This feminist corrective sings.”
“With just the right amount of humor and righteous indignation, author Anna Beer narrates this fascinating exploration of eight female writers…Listeners will be impressed by Beer’s confident delivery, wit, and humor, which combine to create an informative and engaging listen.”
“An informative, enthusiastic and rightly enraging tour de force.”
“A totally absorbing and enlightening tour through the work of eight significant women authors—with one of the funniest introductory chapters ever.”
“Writing with energy, wit and at times barely suppressed fury, Anna Beer brings to life the struggle to be heard of eight women writers over 500 years…a gripping read.”
“Written with a clear and authoritative voice, this is both a very entertaining and very important book about the many obstacles that women have overcome to be writers.”
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