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Cultures of Correspondence in Early Modern Britain

Hardcover • 2016 • 1. edition

Cultures of Correspondence in Early Modern Britain

By James Daybell, Andrew Gordon

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The letter is a powerfully evocative form that has gained in resonance as the habits of personal letter writing have declined in a digital age. But faith in the letter as evidence of the intimate thoughts of individuals underplays the sophisticated ways letters functioned in the past. In Cultures of Correspondence in Early Modern Britain leading scholars approach the letter from a variety of disciplinary perspectives to uncover the habits, forms, and secrets of letter writing. Where material fea...Show more

Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800

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9780812248258

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press

Published year

2016

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1

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Cultures of Correspondence in Early Modern Britain

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Hardcover

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