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958233
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b712603
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Wheale, Nigel.
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Writing and society : : literacy, print, and politics in Britain, 1590-1660 /\ Nigel Wheale.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 1999.
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1 online resource (xiv, 188 pages)
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| ISBN
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0203982584
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: 0415084970
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: 0415084989
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: 6610138265
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: 9780203982587
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: 9780415084970
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: 9780415084987
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: 9786610138265
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0415084970
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0415084989
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Abstract
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Writing and Society is a stunning exploration of the relationship between the growth in popular literacy and the development of new readerships and the authors addressing them. It is the first single volume to provide a year-by-year chronology of political events in relation to cultural production.This overview of debates in literary critical theory and historiography includes facsimile pages with commentary from the most influential books of the period. The author describes and analyses:* the development of literacy by status, gender and region in Britain* structures of p.
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English literature-- Early modern, 1500-1700-- History and criticism.
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Literacy-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century.
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Literature and society-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century.
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Politics and literature-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century.
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Printing-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century.
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Publishers and publishing-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century.
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Written communication-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century.
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English literature-- Early modern.
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English Literature.
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English.
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Languages Literatures.
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Literacy.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- European-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literature and society.
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Politics and government
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Politics and literature.
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Printing.
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Publishers and publishing.
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Written communication.
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Great Britain, Politics and government, 1603-1714.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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820.9/358
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| LC Classification
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PR438.P65W75 1999eb
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