Forgotten Women: The Writers (Forgotten Women)

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.

Copyright:

2018

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

224 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781788401159

Related ISBNs:

9781788400183

Publisher:

Octopus

Date of Addition:

03/24/21

Copyrighted By:

Zing Tsjeng

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Poetry, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Social Studies, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts

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Bookshare Staff

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