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Author:

Daybell, James, 1972- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001028666

Title:

Women letter-writers in Tudor England / James Daybell.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xiii, 328 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

English letters--History and criticism.
English prose literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
English prose literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
Women and literature--England--History--16th century.
England--Social life and customs--16th century.
Letter writing--England--History--16th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [270]-310) and index.

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.

ISBN:

9780199259915
0199259917

OCLC:

(OCoLC)64554634

LCCN:

2006018900

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)