Umfang:
XV, 336 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
075465107X
Serie:
Women and gender in the early modern world
Inhalt:
"In response to a growing interest, among historians as well as literary critics, in women's use of the epistolary genre, Women's Letters Across Europe, 1400-1700: Form and Persuasion analyzes persuasive techniques in the personal correspondence of late medieval and early modern women." "Comprehensive in scope, Woman's Letters Across Europe, 1400-1700 looks at women from England, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, and the Netherlands, and from various levels of society, encompassing the nobility, the gentry, the middle class, and the poor. Each of the essayists considers letters both as historical documents giving insights into women's lives, and as texts in which variations on epistolary forms are used for specific persuasive purposes."--BOOK JACKET.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
,
Komparatistik. Außereuropäische Sprachen/Literaturen
Schlagwort(e):
Europa
;
Frau
;
Brief
;
Geschichte 1400-1700
;
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