Goldsmith, Sarah
(ed.)
Haggerty, Sheryllynne
(ed.)
Harvey, Karen
(ed.)
Editorial: Routledge
Colección: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies
Número de páginas: 286 págs.
Fecha de edición: 04-07-2023
EAN: 9780367461515
ISBN: 978-0-367-46151-5
Precio (sin IVA): 173,84 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 180,79 €
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 letters written from and to Britain, North America, Europe, India and 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.