Firebrands introduces 25 brilliant and complex women writers who dared to write against the odds, from Murasaki Shikibu to Harriet Jacobs. Joanna Scutts guides the reader through centuries and across the world, celebrating their fascinating lives and literary achievements.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 26 September 2024
Publisher: Duckworth Books

Firebrands: Twenty-Five Witty and Vibrant Biographical Essays Introduces Us to the Brilliant and Complex Women Writers That Every Discerning Reader Should Know About
From Murasaki Shikibu, the Japanese author of one of the world's earliest novels, and Christine de Pizan, a poet in the royal court of medieval France, to Harriet Jacobs, who drew the world's attention to the horrors of slavery through her own experience, Firebrands explores the lives and works of twenty-five extraordinary women writers. Joanna Scutts guides the reader through the centuries and across the world, hailing the fascinating lives and astonishing literary achievements of these women who dared to write against the odds. Brilliantly researched and fiercely uncompromising, Firebrands is a reminder to all of us to question what – and who – is considered part of the canon.

Firebrands: Twenty-Five Witty and Vibrant Biographical Essays Introduces Us to the Brilliant and Complex Women Writers That Every Discerning Reader Should Know About

From Murasaki Shikibu, the Japanese author of one of the world's earliest novels, and Christine de Pizan, a poet in the royal court of medieval France, to Harriet Jacobs, who drew the world's attention to the horrors of slavery through her own experience, Firebrands explores the lives and works of twenty-five extraordinary women writers. Joanna Scutts guides the reader through the centuries and across the world, hailing the fascinating lives and astonishing literary achievements of these women who dared to write against the odds. Brilliantly researched and fiercely uncompromising, Firebrands is a reminder to all of us to question what – and who – is considered part of the canon.

Weight: 480g
Dimension: 240 x 160 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780715655269