The material letter in early modern England : manuscript letters and the culture and practices of letter-writing, 1512-1635 / James Daybell.
2012
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Title
The material letter in early modern England : manuscript letters and the culture and practices of letter-writing, 1512-1635 / James Daybell.
Created/published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Description
xv, 357 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Associated name
Series statement
Early modern literature in history
Summary
"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."--Publisher's website.
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
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.
Series
Early modern literature in history (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Call number
PR913 .D38 2012