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1 online resource (256 pages) |
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Material Readings in Early Modern Culture |
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Material readings in early modern culture.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of plates; Acknowledgements; Conventions; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Composing and scripting letters; 1.1 'Sett downe the matter plainly': situating epistolary composition within the genre of early modern letter-writing; 1.2 'As yf she were my owne and only chyld': a letter of petition to Sir Francis Walsingham written on behalf of her granddaughter Arbella Stuart, 1582 |
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1.3 'I am the furst innosent wyffe, that euar was so very extremly vsed in thys realme, god make me the last': a letter to her estranged husband the earl of Shrewsbury written during their marital discord, 15851.4 'My good sweete daughter ... blesse you deare harte': a letter to her daughter Mary, countess of Shrewsbury, 1607; 2 Reading and writing letters; 2.1 'A little deske to write on guilded': situating epistolary production within textual cultures at Hardwick Hall, c. 1601; 2.2 'Your honour's hand': autograph writing and Bess of Hardwick's idiolect |
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2.3 'I am not able nowe to write ... with my owne hande': scribal writing and idiolects2.4 Letters from 'the palace of the sky': Bess of Hardwick's signature; 3 Sending and receiving letters; 3.1 'Geven to one that brought a letter': situating epistolary reception within early modern postal and delivery networks; 3.2 'Delyver therwith vnto him, so great thankes & good wordes as yow can devyse': letters with bearers; 3.3 'A note that came with the stuff': letters with enclosures; 3.4 'Hauinge no betar menes to manifast mi thanckefolnes': letters with floss and accordion folds; Conclusions |
| Bibliography |
BibliographyIndex; Plates |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317175124 |
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1317175123 |
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