Forgotten Women The Writers
Synopsis
'To say this series is "empowering" doesn't do it justice. Buy a copy for your daughters, sisters, mums, aunts and nieces - just make sure you buy a copy for your sons, brothers, dads, uncles and nephews, too.' - IndependentThe women who shaped and were erased from our history.Forgotten Women is a new series of books that uncover the lost herstories of influential women who have refused over hundreds of years to accept the hand they've been dealt and, as a result, have formed, shaped and changed the course of our futures. The Writers celebrates 48* unsung genius female writers from throughout history and across the world, including the Girl Stunt Reporters, who went undercover to write exposés on the ills of 1890s America; Aemilia Lanyer, the contemporary of Shakespeare whose polemical re-writing of The Bible's Passion Story is regarded as one of the earliest feminist works of literature; and Sarojini Naidu, the freedom fighter and 'Nightingale of India' whose poetry echoed her political desire for Indian independence.Including writers from across a wide spectrum of disciplines including poets, journalists, novelists, essayists and diarists, this is an alternative gynocentric history of literature that will surprise, empower, and leave you with a reading list a mile long.*The number of Nobel-prize-winning women.Book details
- Series:
- Forgotten Women
- Author:
- Zing Tsjeng
- ISBN:
- 9781788401159
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781788400183
- Publisher:
- Octopus
- Pages:
- 224
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2021-03-24
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Copyright by:
- Zing Tsjeng
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Biographies and Memoirs, Drama, Plays and Theater, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, History, Language Arts, Literature and Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Social Studies