Women and Epistolary Agency in Early Modern Culture, 1450–1690

James Daybell, Andrew Gordon

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English

Routledge
12 December 2019

Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Communication studies; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700

Series: Women and Gender in the Early Modern World

Women and Epistolary Agency in Early Modern Culture, 1450–1690 is the first collection to examine the gendered nature of women’s letter-writing in England and Ireland from the late-fifteenth century through to the Restoration. The essays collected here represent an important body of new work by a group of international scholars who together look to reorient the study of women’s letters in the contexts of early modern culture. The volume builds upon recent approaches to the letter, both rhetorical and material, that have the power to transform the ways in which we understand, study and situate early modern women’s letter-writing, challenging misconceptions of women’s letters as intrinsically private, domestic and apolitical. The essays in the volume embrace a range of interdisciplinary approaches: historical, literary, palaeographic, linguistic, material and gender-based. Contributors deal with a variety of issues related to early modern women’s correspondence in England and Ireland. These include women’s rhetorical and persuasive skills and the importance of gendered epistolary strategies; gender and the materiality of the letter as a physical form; female agency, education, knowledge and power; epistolary networks and communication technologies. In this volume, the study of women’s letters is not confined to writings by women; contributors here examine not only the collaborative nature of some letter-writing but also explore how men addressed women in their correspondence as well as some rich examples of how women were constructed in and through the letters of men. As a whole, the book stands as a valuable reassessment of the complex gendered nature of early modern women’s correspondence.

Edited by: James Daybell, Andrew Gordon
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367881849
ISBN 10: 0367881845
Series: Women and Gender in the Early Modern World
Pages: 258
Publication Date: 12 December 2019
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

James Daybell is Professor of early modern British history at Plymouth University, UK. Andrew Gordon is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen, UK.

Reviews for Women and Epistolary Agency in Early Modern Culture, 1450–1690

"""Women and Epistolary Agency is a welcome contribution to the flourishing literature on early modern letter-writing. It sheds new light on the genderd dimensions of correspondence, and presents some novel paths for further exploration. The collection will be valuable reading for any scholar working on early modern women or letter-writing: scholars who will, no doubt, observe the continuing development of WEMLO project with keen interest."" - Stephanie Thomson, University of Adelaide ""Overall, this edited collection offers an excellent range of articles from different disciplines that focus on women from a variety of geographical, social, religious and professional backgrounds."" - Helen Newsome, University of Sheffield, Journal of Historical Pragmatics"