Women of Letters, Manuscript Circulation, and Print Afterlives in the Eighteenth Century
Author | : M. Bigold |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2013-01-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781137033574 |
ISBN-13 | : 1137033576 |
Rating | : 4/5 (576 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Women of Letters, Manuscript Circulation, and Print Afterlives in the Eighteenth Century by : M. Bigold
Download or read book Women of Letters, Manuscript Circulation, and Print Afterlives in the Eighteenth Century written by M. Bigold and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-01-12 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using unpublished manuscript writings, this book reinterprets material, social, literary, philosophical and religious contexts of women's letter-writing in the long 18th century. It shows how letter-writing functions as a form of literary manuscript exchange and argues for manuscript circulation as a method of engaging with the republic of letters.