Material Meanings and the Social Signs of Manuscript Letters in Early Modern England
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| ID | 12880423 |
|---|---|
| Autores | James Daybell (0000-0002-3453-6191, University of Plymouth, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2009 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Fascículo | 3 |
| Páginas | 647-667 |
| Data de publicação | 2009-03-23 |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Literature Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 1741-4113 • E-ISSN: 1741-4113 |
| Editora | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2009.00629.x |
| OpenAlex | W2062469396 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 8 |
| Referências citadas | 22 |
This article investigates the physical features and characteristics of early modern manuscript letters – paper, ink, handwriting, physical layout, signatures, seals and fastenings, and addresses and endorsements – paying attention to the significant meanings generated by such material forms. It is thus concerned more with the kinds of analysis traditionally associated with codicology, palaeography, sigillography and diplomatics, than with what might be termed social materiality, that is the social and cultural practices of letter‐writing and the contexts in which letters were composed, delivered, read and preserved, though the two areas of investigation are closely interrelated. The article argues that material readings must reside alongside and complement literary, stylistic, linguistic, historical and more recent gender‐based approaches to letters in order to understand more fully the culture, practices and social signs of early modern letter‐writing
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Complement (music · Handwriting · Linguistics · Literature · Materiality (auditing · Palaeography · Autobiographical and Biographical Writing · Digital Humanities and Scholarship · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · History · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citações por ano | 0,5 |
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| Intervalo de citações | 2010 - 2022 (13) |
| Altamente citado | Não |