'To say this series is "empowering" doesn't do it justice. Buy a copy foryour daughters,sisters,mums,aunts and nieces - just make sure youbuy 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 yearsto 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.
Publisher: Octopus Publishing GroupISBN: 9781788400183Number of pages: 224Weight: 580 gDimensions: 212 x 152 x 24 mm
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