Eve Bites Back - an Alternative History of English Literature

Eve Bites Back: an Alternative History of English Literature



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English | October 13th, 2022 | ISBN: 0861542932 | 304 pages | True EPUB | 2.57 MB

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.