Document Type
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BL
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Record Number
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1002171
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Doc. No
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b756541
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Main Entry
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Daybell, James,1972-
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Title & Author
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Women letter-writers in Tudor England /\ James Daybell.
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Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2006.
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Page. NO
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xiii, 328 pages ;; 24 cm
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ISBN
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0198830971
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: 0199259917
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: 9780198830979
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: 9780199259915
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-310) and index.
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Contents
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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.
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Abstract
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Presenting a comprehensive study of women's letters and letter-writing in early modern England, this text draws on over 3,000 manuscript letters, showing that letter-writing was a large and socially diversified area of female activity.
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Subject
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English letters-- History and criticism.
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Subject
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English prose literature-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
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Subject
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English prose literature-- Early modern, 1500-1700-- History and criticism.
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Letter writing-- England-- History-- 16th century.
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Women and literature-- England-- History-- 16th century.
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Subject
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Brief
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Subject
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English letters.
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English prose literature-- Early modern.
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English prose literature-- Women authors.
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Frauenliteratur
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Letter writing.
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Manners and customs.
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Women and literature.
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Frau.
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Brieven.
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Vrouwen.
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England, Social life and customs, 16th century.
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Engeland.
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England
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England.
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Englisch.
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Subject
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Wielka Brytania, kultura, 16-17 w.
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Dewey Classification
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826/.3099287
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LC Classification
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PR913.D39 2006
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NLM classification
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15.70bcl
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