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Women's epistolary utterance : a study of the letters of Joan and Maria Thynne, 1575-1611 /
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 co...
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| Format: | Thesis Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
[2013]
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| Series: | Pragmatics & beyond ;
233. |
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| Online Access: |
Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| 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. |
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| 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 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |