Studies In The Cultural History Of Letter Writing
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Studies In The Cultural History Of Letter Writing
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Studies In The Cultural History Of Letter Writing written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Letter writing categories.
Studies In The Cultural History Of Letter Writing
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Author : Linda C. Mitchell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Studies In The Cultural History Of Letter Writing written by Linda C. Mitchell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with English letters categories.
This collection of essays shows how letters nimbly traverse the boundaries between the public and the private and examines the many roles of correspondence, from the domestic to the global. Contributors discuss a variety of engrossing subjects: documents of early exploration and diplomacy, including Columbus's texts and Amerigo Vespucci's reports of his experiences in America; the surprisingly large role that letters played in the success of the Jesuit order in the seventeenth century; English letter-writing manuals that provide model letters to be imitated while offering a vivid view into a cross section of lived experience; epistolary travel writings; and letter-writing instruction in nineteenth-century America, among other topics.
Ancient Greek Letter Writing
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Author : Paola Ceccarelli
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-09
Ancient Greek Letter Writing written by Paola Ceccarelli and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with History categories.
Ceccarelli offers a history of the development of letter writing in ancient Greece from the archaic to the early Hellenistic period. Highlighting the specificity of letter-writing, the volume looks at documentary letters and traces the role of embedded letters in the texts of the ancient historians, in drama, and in the speeches of the orators.
Culture Of Letter Writing In Pre Modern Islamic Society
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Author : Adrian Gully
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2008-02-07
Culture Of Letter Writing In Pre Modern Islamic Society written by Adrian Gully and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Culture of Letter-Writing in Pre-Modern Islamic Society received an honourable mention from the British-Kuwait Friendship Society at BRISMES 2009Writing letters was an important component of intellectual life in the Middle Islamic period, telling us much about the cultural history of pre-modern Islamic society. This book offers a unique analysis of letter-writing, focusing on the notion of the power of the pen. The author looks at the wider context of epistolography, relating it to the power structures of Islamic society in that period. He also attempts to identify some of the similarities and differences between Muslim modes of letter-writing and those of western cultures.One of the strengths of this book is that it is based on a wide range of primary Arabic sources, thus reflecting the broader epistemological importance of letter-writing in Islamic society.
Letter Writing Manuals And Instruction From Antiquity To The Present
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Author : Carol Poster
language : en
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Release Date : 2007
Letter Writing Manuals And Instruction From Antiquity To The Present written by Carol Poster and has been published by Univ of South Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Once nearly as ubiquitous as dictionaries and cookbooks are today, letter-writing manuals and their predecessors served to instruct individuals not only on the art of letter composition but also, in effect, on personal conduct. Poster and Mitchell contend that the study of letter-writing theory, which bridges rhetorical theory and grammatical studies, represents an emerging discipline in need of definition. In this volume, they gather the contributions of eleven experts to sketch the contours of epistolary theory and collect the historic and bibliographic materials - from Isocrates to email - that form the basis for its study.
Letters And Epistolary Culture In Early Medieval China
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Author : Antje Richter
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2013-06-09
Letters And Epistolary Culture In Early Medieval China written by Antje Richter and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-09 with Literary Criticism categories.
Honorable Mention for the 2016 Kayden Book Award This first book-length study in Chinese or any Western language of personal letters and letter-writing in premodern China focuses on the earliest period (ca. 3rd-6th cent. CE) with a sizeable body of surviving correspondence. Along with the translation and analysis of many representative letters, Antje Richter explores the material culture of letter writing (writing supports and utensils, envelopes and seals, the transportation of finished letters) and letter-writing conventions (vocabulary, textual patterns, topicality, creativity). She considers the status of letters as a literary genre, ideal qualities of letters, and guides to letter-writing, providing a wealth of examples to illustrate each component of the standard personal letter. References to letter-writing in other cultures enliven the narrative throughout. Letters and Epistolary Culture in Early Medieval China makes the social practice and the existing textual specimens of personal Chinese letter-writing fully visible for the first time, both for the various branches of Chinese studies and for epistolary research in other ancient and modern cultures, and encourages a more confident and consistent use of letters as historical and literary sources.
Letter Writing As A Social Practice
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Author : David Barton
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2000
Letter Writing As A Social Practice written by David Barton and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Literary Collections categories.
This book explores the social significance of letter writing. Letter writing is one of the most pervasive literate activities in human societies, crossing formal and informal contexts. Letters are a common text type, appearing in a wide variety of forms in most domains of life. More broadly, the importance of letter writing can be seen in that the phenomenon has been widespread historically, being one of earliest forms of writing, and a wide range of contemporary genres have their roots in letters. The writing of a letter is embedded in a particular social situation, and like all other types of literacy objects and events, the activity gains its meaning and significance from being situated in cultural beliefs, values, and practices. This book brings together anthropologists, historians, educators and other social scientists, providing a range of case studies that explore aspects of the socially situated nature of letter writing.
A History Of Chinese Letters And Epistolary Culture
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2015-05-19
A History Of Chinese Letters And Epistolary Culture written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
Dedicated to the study of Chinese epistolary literature and culture from the early empire to the twentieth century, the twenty-five essays of A History of Chinese Letters and Epistolary Culture discuss a wealth of epistolary topics and provide numerous translations.
Becoming A Woman In The Age Of Letters
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Author : Dena Goodman
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2009
Becoming A Woman In The Age Of Letters written by Dena Goodman and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with French letters categories.
In 18th century France, letter writing became extremely fashionable, particularly amongst women. In this work, Dena Goodman opens up the world of these women though the letters which they wrote. Concentrating on the letters of four women from different social backgrounds, she shows how they came to womanhood through their writing.
Letters And The Body 1700 1830
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Author : Sarah; Haggerty Goldsmith (Sheryllynne; Harvey, Karen)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Letters And The Body 1700 1830 written by Sarah; Haggerty Goldsmith (Sheryllynne; Harvey, Karen) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with HISTORY categories.
This collection explores the multifaceted relationship between letters and bodies in the long eighteenth century, featuring a broad selection of women's and men's letterswrittenfrom and toBritain, North America, Europe, Indiaand the Caribbean, from the labouring poor to the landed elite. In eleven chapters, scholars from various disciplines draw on different methodological approaches that include close readings of single letters, social historical analyses of large corpora and a material culture approach to the object of the letter. This research includes personal letters exchanged among family and friends, formal correspondence and letters that were incorporated into published forewords and appendices, journals and memoirs.PartI explores the letter as a substitute for the absent body, the imagined physical encounters and performances envisaged by letter writers and the means through which these imagined sensations were conveyed.Part IIexamines the letter as a material object that served as a conduit for descriptions of the material body and as an instrument for embodied encounters.Part IIIfocuses on how correspondents purposefully used their bodies in letters as a means to create intimacy, to generate social networks and build a body politic'. This interdisciplinary volume centred around letters will be of interest to scholars and students in a variety of fields including eighteenth-century studies, cultural history and literature.