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Graffiti and the writing arts of early modern England / Juliet Fleming.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fleming, Juliet.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Written English.
- English language.
- Written communication--England--History--16th century.
- Written communication.
- Written communication--England--History--17th century.
- English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Writing.
- Graffiti--England--History--16th century.
- Graffiti.
- Graffiti--England--History--17th century.
- Calligraphy--England.
- Calligraphy.
- Writing in art.
- England--Civilization--16th century.
- England.
- England--Civilization--17th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion Books, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Tattoos and graffiti immediately bring to mind contemporary urban life and its inhabitants. But in fact, both practices date back much further than is generally thought-even by scholars. Drawing on a previously unavailable archive, Juliet Fleming reveals the unknown and disregarded literary arts of sixteenth century England. In Graffiti and the Writing Arts of Early Modern England, Fleming argues that our modern assumptions of what constitutes written expression have limited our access to and understanding of early modern history and writing. Fleming comb
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Graffiti
- 2 Whitewash
- 3 Tattoo
- 4 Pots.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-216) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613414090
- 9781283414098
- 1283414090
- 9781861898432
- 1861898436
- OCLC:
- 771875997
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