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

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.
Subject:	Thynne, Joan, -- 1558-1612 -- Correspondence. Thynne, Maria, -- approximately 1578-1611 -- Correspondence. Thynne, Joan, -- 1558-1612. Thynne, Maria, -- approximately 1578-1611. English letters -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. English letters -- Women authors. Letter writing -- England -- History -- 16th century. Women and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century. Letters in literature. English letters -- Women authors. Letter writing. Letters in literature. Manners and customs. Women and literature. England -- Social life and customs -- 16th century. England. Electronic books. Personal correspondence. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Academic theses. Academic theses.
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. Print version record.
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

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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 cultural scripts. Throughout the book, analysis is based on the manuscript letters themselves and in this way several chapters address the importance of viewing original sources to understand the letters' full pragmatic significance. Within these broader frameworks, individual chapters address the women's use of scribes, prose structure and punctuation, performative speech act verbs, and (im)politeness, sincerity and mock (im)politeness.
Item Description:	Published under the title "Pragmatic readings of the letters of Joan and Maria Thynne, 1575-1611 : with diplomatic transcriptions of their correspondence" in 2009.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (vii, 266 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9789027271396 9027271399 1299834671 9781299834675 9789027256386 9027256381