Women's epistolary utterance : a study of the letters of Joan and Maria Thynne, 1575-1611 /

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Author / Creator:Williams, Graham T.
Imprint:Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2013]
Description:1 online resource (vii, 266 pages)
Language:English
Series:Pragmatics & beyond new series (P & BNS) ; Volume 233
Pragmatics & beyond ; 233.
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Format: E-Resource Dissertations Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11210737
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ISBN:9789027271396
9027271399
1299834671
9781299834675
9789027256386
9027256381
Notes:Published under the title "Pragmatic readings of the letters of Joan and Maria Thynne, 1575-1611 : with diplomatic transcriptions of their correspondence" in 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Located at the intersection of historical pragmatics, letters and manuscript studies, this book offers a multi-dimensional analysis of the letters of Joan and Maria Thynne, 1575-1611. It investigates multiple ways in which socio-culturally and socio-familially contextualized reading of particular collections may increase our understanding of early modern letters as a particular type of handwritten communicative activity. The book also adds to our understanding of these women as individual users of English in their historical moment, especially in terms of literacy and their engagement with cul.
Other form:Print version: Williams, Graham T. Women's epistolary utterance 9789027256386