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Anna Beer is a British author and lecturer, primarily known for her work as a biographer. Her particular interests as a biographer are "the relationship between literature, politics and history," /sup> (which was the basis for her life of John Milton, 2008) and the rediscovery of neglected lives, the motivation both for her book about Bess Throckmorton, the wife of Sir Walter Ralegh (2004) and her exploration of the lives and work of female composers ''Sounds and Sweet Airs: the forgotten women of classical music'' which was published by Oneworld Publications in 2016 and shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society Awards in 2017 for Creative Communication. She was Lecturer in
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at the Department for Continuing Education at the
University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...
between 2003 and 2010, and remains a
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of
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.
Peter Ackroyd Peter Ackroyd (born 5 October 1949) is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a specialist interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, William ...
described Beer's biography of Milton as "a persuasive reading of the power and complexity of Paradise Lost," while former
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Andrew Motion esteems it "a reliable guide to nonspecialists" and "the anniversary present he iltondeserves."Motion 2008. Philip Pullman called it 'a beautifully clear account of a richly complex life...Fascinatingly vivid...It's the best narrative I've read of the life of our greatest public poet'.


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* Ackroyd, Peter.
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. (accessed April 6, 2010). * Beer, Anna. ''Bess: the Life of Lady Ralegh, Wife to Sir Walter''. Constable and Robinson. 2004. * Beer, Anna. ''Milton: Poet, Pamphleteer and Patriot''. 1st Edition. St Ives Printing and Publishing Company: Bloomsbury, 2008. * Beer, Anna.
John Milton: Poet, Pamphleteer and Patriot
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. Produced by Oxford University Department for Continuing Education. Performed by Anna Beer. 2008. * Beer, Anna. ''Sounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music''. Oneworld Publications. Forthcoming 2016. * Crown, Sarah, and Anna Beer.
Anna Beer on her new biography of poet John Milton
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