The Material Letter in Early Modern England: Manuscript Letters and the Culture and Practices of Letter-Writing, 1512-1635Springer, 24.4.2012 - 357 sivua 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. |
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Materials and Tools of LetterWriting | |
Epistolary Writing Technologies | |
Interpreting Materiality and Social Signs | |
Postal Conditions | |
Secret Letters | |
Copying LetterBooks and the Scribal Circulation of Letters | |
The Afterlives of Letters | |
Select Bibliography | |
Index | |
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