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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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Williams, Graham T.
Format: Thèse Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2013]
Collection:Pragmatics & beyond ; 233.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
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
Description matérielle:1 online resource (vii, 266 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027271396
9027271399
1299834671
9781299834675