Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-310) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR 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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Title
Women letter-writers in Tudor England.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English letters-- History and criticism.
English prose literature-- Early modern, 1500-1700-- History and criticism.
English prose literature-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
Letter writing-- England-- History-- 16th century.
Women and literature-- England-- History-- 16th century.