Eve Bites Back
- 368 pages
- 13 hours of reading
The lives and achievements of eight women writers - a startling and unconventional history of literature
Anna Beer Book order (chronological)
Anna writes about subjects that fascinate her, hoping to engage her readers as well. Her work often intertwines long-held passions for music, writing, exploring the lives of women in the past, and the material conditions necessary for creating great art. In addition to her biographical endeavors, she teaches literature and creative writing, contributes to academic series, and makes frequent media appearances. Her blog further reveals a love for cycling, good food and wine, and exploring cities, particularly via long-distance train travel.
Sounds and Sweet Airs
- 348 pages
- 13 hours of reading
The hidden history of the women who dared to write music in a man's world
Milton
- 458 pages
- 17 hours of reading
John Milton was one of the world's greatest poets, the renowned author of Paradise Lost. But he was also deeply involved in political and religious controversies of his time, and authored a series of radical pamphlets on free speech, divorce, and civil rights that proposed a rethinking of the nature and practice of government. In countless biographies, Milton has been crudely sketched either as a blind, saintly artist or as a domestic tyrant. Yet as Anna Beer shows, he was neither ogre nor paragon. By closely examining all aspects of Milton's life and its social historical context, Beer succeeds in bringing an enigmatic pillar of English literature to life, four centuries after his birth.