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基本説明
The first major socio-cultural study of manuscript letters and letter-writing practices in early modern England, examines a crucial period in the development of the English vernacular letter before Charles I's postal reforms in 1635, one that witnessed a significant extension of letter-writing skills throughout society.
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The first major socio-cultural study of manuscript letters and letter-writing practices in early modern England. Daybell examines a crucial period in the development of the English vernacular letter before Charles I's postal reforms in 1635, one that witnessed a significant extension of letter-writing skills throughout society.
Contents
List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction Materials and Tools of Letter-Writing Epistolary Writing Technologies Interpreting Materiality and Social Signs Postal Conditions Secret Letters Copying, Letter-Books and the Scribal Circulation of Letters The Afterlives of Letters Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index