Title The material letter in early modern England : manuscript letters and the culture and practices of letter-writing, 1512-1635 / by James Daybell

Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Description 1 online resource Series Early modern literature in history Early modern literature in history (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm)) Contents List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Materials and Tools of Letter-Writing -- Epistolary Writing Technologies -- Interpreting Materiality and Social Signs -- Postal Conditions -- Secret Letters -- Copying, Letter-Books and the Scribal Circulation of Letters -- The Afterlives of Letters -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index Summary Concentrating on the years 1512-1635, this book represents the first major socio-cultural study of manuscript letters and letter-writing practices in early modern England. It examines a crucial period in the development of the English vernacular letter before Charles I's postal reforms in 1635, one that witnessed a significant extension of letter-writing skills throughout society. Early modern letters can only be fully understood by paying attention to the 'materiality' of the texts: in others words, to the physical characteristics of manuscripts as well as to the social contexts and material conditions in which they were produced, disseminated and read. This study aims to enhance our understanding of the process of early modern letter-writing in all its nuanced complexity, as it is traced from the preparation of epistolary materials and the textual production of letters, through their subsequent delivery and circulation, to the various ways in which letters were read and latterly preserved Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Letter writing -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century Letter writing -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Criticism, Textual Authorship -- Social aspects Reportage & collected journalism. Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800. Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Books & Reading. HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. HISTORY -- Modern -- 16th Century. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Letters. Literature. Authorship -- Social aspects English literature -- Early modern Letter writing Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History dissertations. Academic theses. Thèses et écrits académiques. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781137006066 1137006064 0230222692 9780230222694 9781280585364 1280585366

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