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Women letter-writers in Tudor England / James Daybell.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR913 .D39 2006
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LIBRA PR913 .D39 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Daybell, James, 1972-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English letters--History and criticism.
- English letters.
- English prose literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- English prose literature.
- English prose literature--Women authors.
- English prose literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- Women and literature--England--History--16th century.
- Women and literature.
- Letter writing.
- History.
- England.
- England--Social life and customs--16th century.
- Manners and customs.
- Letter writing--England--History--16th century.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 328 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Contents:
- Letters and letter-writers
- The composition of letters
- Female literacy and the social conventions of letter-writing
- Delivery, reception, and reading
- The functions of letter-writing
- Social relations inscribed in correspondence
- Marital correspondence
- Letters of petition.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [270]-310) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0199259917
- OCLC:
- 64554634
- Publisher Number:
- 9780199259915
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