The material letter in early modern ...
Daybell, James, (1972-)

 

  • The material letter in early modern England[electronic resource] :manuscript letters and the culture and practices of letter-writing, 1512-1635 /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 826/.309
    書名/作者: The material letter in early modern England : manuscript letters and the culture and practices of letter-writing, 1512-1635 // by James Daybell.
    作者: Daybell, James,
    出版者: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2012.
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource.
    標題: Letter writing - History - 16th century. - Great Britain
    標題: Letter writing - History - 17th century. - Great Britain
    標題: English literature - Criticism, Textual. - Early modern, 1500-1700
    標題: Authorship - Social aspects.
    標題: LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.
    標題: HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.
    標題: HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century.
    標題: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
    標題: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters
    ISBN: 9781137006066 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 1137006064 (electronic bk.)
    內容註: 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.
    摘要、提要註: 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.
    電子資源: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137006066
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