The pen and the people : English letter writers 1660-1800 /
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| Author / Creator: | Whyman, Susan E., 1937- |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. |
| Description: | xv, 348 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7885352 |
| Summary: | Susan Whyman draws on a hidden world of previously unknown letter writers to explore bold new ideas about the history of writing, reading and the novel. Capturing actual dialogues of people discussing subjects as diverse as marriage, poverty, poetry, and even the emotions of servants, The Pen and the People will be enjoyed by everyone interested in history, literature, and the intimate lives of ordinary people. Based on oversixty previously unknown collections of family papers, it tells the stories of workers and the middling sort -- a Yorkshire bridle maker, a female domestic servant, a Derbyshire wheelwright, an untrained womanwriting poetry and short stories, as well as merchants and their families. Their ordinary backgrounds and extraordinary writings challenge accepted views that popular literacy was rare in England before 1800. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 348 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199532445 0199532443 |
