The Material Letter in Early Modern England

Manuscript Letters and the Culture and Practices of Letter-Writing, 1512-1635
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-30828-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 357 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 473 g

Reihe: Early Modern Literature in History

The first major socio-cultural study of manuscript letters and letter-writing practices in early modern England. Daybell 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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Daybell, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

JAMES DAYBELL is professor of Early Modern British History at Plymouth University, UK, and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is author of (2006); editor of (2001), (2004), and (with Peter Hinds) (2010).